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The Taxonomy of Interdisciplinary Legal Research: Finding the Way Out of the Desert

Mathias M. Siems
University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich Law School; University of Cambridge, Centre for Business Research; Tilburg Institute of Comparative and Transnational Law

Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, Vol. 7, pp. 5-17, 2009

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This article identifies four different types of interdisciplinary legal research: one basic and three advanced types. Basic interdisciplinary research uses the same questions as starting points as traditional legal research, however, it also considers other academic disciplines in order to answer these questions. Advanced interdisciplinary research goes further: it can either deal with research questions that are not about the law as such (type 1), or incorporate "scientific methods" into legal thinking (type 2), or combine both (type 3.) This new taxonomy is useful in order to identify the benefits and difficulties of different types of interdisciplinary legal research.

Keywords: Legal research, legal scholarship, legal methods, interdisciplinary research, multidisciplinary research, legal science, legal originality

JEL Classifications: A12, C00, K00, K12, K22

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Date posted: June 15, 2008 ; Last revised: November 10, 2009

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Siems, Mathias M. , The Taxonomy of Interdisciplinary Legal Research: Finding the Way Out of the Desert (November 10, 2009). Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, Vol. 7, pp. 5-17, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1146162

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Mathias M. Siems (Contact Author) University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich Law School ( email ) Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk United Kingdom HOME PAGE: http://www.uea.ac.uk/law/msiems
University of Cambridge, Centre for Business Research ( email ) Top Floor, Judge Business School Building Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1AG United Kingdom HOME PAGE: http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/people/siems.htm
Tilburg Institute of Comparative and Transnational Law ( email ) University of Tilburg PO Box 90153 Tilburg 5000 LE Netherlands HOME PAGE: http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/law/research/ticom/people/ifellows/

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Date posted: June 15, 2008 ; Last revised: November 10, 2009

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