Legal Originality
Posted: 25 Jun 2008
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Legal Originality
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 28, pp. 147-164, 2008
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 30 Mar 2007
Last Revised: 03 Dec 2008
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Date Written: Spring 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.
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Siems, Mathias, Legal Originality (Spring 2008). Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 147-164, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1151104 or http://dx.doi.org/gqm024
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