Doctrinal Research
Definition
Legal research that analyses primary sources, statutes, judgments and authoritative commentary, to state what the law currently is and how courts have interpreted it, without collecting behavioural data.
Related terms
- Descriptive Research
- A design that profiles the scale, pattern or distribution of a phenomenon, for example who is affected, where and how often, without...
- Evaluation Research
- A form of applied research that measures whether an existing programme, policy or intervention achieved its intended outcome, often using a before-and-after...
- Experimental Research
- A design in which the researcher deliberately manipulates one variable, ideally with random assignment to treatment and control conditions, to isolate its...
- Explanatory Research
- Also called analytical research, a design that tests a proposed relationship between variables to establish why a phenomenon occurs, usually through statistical...
- Exploratory Research
- A design used when a topic is poorly understood, aimed at generating hypotheses and mapping the scope of a problem rather than...
- Applied Research
- Research commissioned to answer a specific practical question for an agency or policymaker.
- Basic Research
- Research that tests or extends a theoretical claim without an immediate practical client in mind.
Explained in these topics
- Types and Purposes of Criminological Research
- Types of Criminological Research (UGC-NET Unit VI)Analysis of statutes, delegated legislation and case law to state what the law currently requires; not empirical.