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Legal Originality


Mathias M. Siems


Durham University - Durham Law School; University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research
November 1, 2007

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 28, pp. 147-164, 2008

Abstract:     
In legal academia it is highly controversial how to be original in legal research. This article will try to maintain an attitude of tolerance in not promoting or discrediting one particular methodology. Instead, it will identify four different ways of being original. Perhaps the most common approach is to deal with micro-legal questions. Many legal academics also pursue research in macro-legal questions. Less common but growing is the importance of scientific legal research and research in non-legal topics.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 30

Keywords: Legal research, legal scholarship, legal methods, micro-legal research, macro-legal research, scientific legal research

JEL Classification: A12, B40, K00, K10, K20, K40

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Date posted: March 30, 2007 ; Last revised: December 3, 2008

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Siems, Mathias M. , Legal Originality (November 1, 2007). Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 28, pp. 147-164, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=976168 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.976168

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Mathias M. Siems (Contact Author)
Durham University - Durham Law School ( email )
50 North Bailey
Durham, County Durham DH1 3ET
United Kingdom
HOME PAGE: http://www.dur.ac.uk/mathias.siems
University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research ( email )
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Trumpington Street
Cambridge, CB2 1AG
United Kingdom
HOME PAGE: http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/people/siems.htm
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