Sanne Taekema, Professor of Legal Theory, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway and Wibren van der Burg, Professor of Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

‘The book is an important contribution to legal research and an important step in further explaining the how, why and what of legal research (...) It is already clear to me that the book is a classic for every legal researcher.’

• Contents:Preface ixPART I DOCTRINAL RESEARCH1 Introduction: Methodology of legal research 2 Relative autonomy: a characterisation of doctrinal legal scholarship3 Methods of doctrinal research 4 Theoretical and normative frameworks for legal research5 Methodologies for law-in-context researchPART II INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTRINAL RESEARCH6 The promises of interdisciplinary doctrinal research7 Evaluations and recommendations8 Problems of interdisciplinary research9 Methodological designPART III LAW AND HUMANITIES10 Law and humanities research – an introduction11 Legal philosophy as an enrichment of doctrinal research12 Law and ethics: deepening normative arguments13 Law and literature: engagement with languagePART IV CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS14 Using interdisciplinary doctrinal research: research for law reformReferences

Sanne Taekema, Professor of Legal Theory, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway and Wibren van der Burg, Professor of Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

‘The book is an important contribution to legal research and an important step in further explaining the how, why and what of legal research (...) It is already clear to me that the book is a classic for every legal researcher.’

• Contents:Preface ixPART I DOCTRINAL RESEARCH1 Introduction: Methodology of legal research 2 Relative autonomy: a characterisation of doctrinal legal scholarship3 Methods of doctrinal research 4 Theoretical and normative frameworks for legal research5 Methodologies for law-in-context researchPART II INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTRINAL RESEARCH6 The promises of interdisciplinary doctrinal research7 Evaluations and recommendations8 Problems of interdisciplinary research9 Methodological designPART III LAW AND HUMANITIES10 Law and humanities research – an introduction11 Legal philosophy as an enrichment of doctrinal research12 Law and ethics: deepening normative arguments13 Law and literature: engagement with languagePART IV CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS14 Using interdisciplinary doctrinal research: research for law reformReferences

Sanne Taekema, Professor of Legal Theory, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway and Wibren van der Burg, Professor of Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

‘The book is an important contribution to legal research and an important step in further explaining the how, why and what of legal research (...) It is already clear to me that the book is a classic for every legal researcher.’

• Contents:Preface ixPART I DOCTRINAL RESEARCH1 Introduction: Methodology of legal research 2 Relative autonomy: a characterisation of doctrinal legal scholarship3 Methods of doctrinal research 4 Theoretical and normative frameworks for legal research5 Methodologies for law-in-context researchPART II INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTRINAL RESEARCH6 The promises of interdisciplinary doctrinal research7 Evaluations and recommendations8 Problems of interdisciplinary research9 Methodological designPART III LAW AND HUMANITIES10 Law and humanities research – an introduction11 Legal philosophy as an enrichment of doctrinal research12 Law and ethics: deepening normative arguments13 Law and literature: engagement with languagePART IV CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS14 Using interdisciplinary doctrinal research: research for law reformReferences