This Just In: The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research

The editors of this new and weighty handbook concede that “mainstream” legal scholars may find empirical legal research “difficult and somewhat mysterious.” The three parts of this tome aim to make this hot area of legal studies a little less challenging. According to the publisher, the The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research “provide(s) accessible and original discussions of the history, aims and methods of empirical research about law, as well as its achievements and potential.” Part one covers the development of empirical legal research; part two illustrates the use of empirical legal research in many areas of law; part three introduces readers to research methods and discusses the role of empirical legal research in law school curricula.

You can check out a copy from AO66 at K235 .O938 2010.