New Title: Contextualising Legal Research by Sanne Taekema; Wibren van der Burg

Providing a clear and concise guide to the practicalities of legal research, this informative book presents a methodological framework for law-in-context research design. It argues that legal scholarship relies on the interpretive and argumentative methods of the humanities, but also requires empirical input due to its focus on social reality. Contextualising Legal Research discusses core topics including research questions, methods, theoretical frameworks, evaluations and recommendations. Ultimately, the book advocates a combination of doctrinal research, empirical disciplines and theoretical-normative perspectives, with extensive discussion on the contribution of the humanities to legal research.