Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Distinguished University Professor, Tilburg University and Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• Contents: Preface 1. Common object of legal research 2. Critical angles in legal research 3. Empirical legal research 4. Fundamental research 5. Humans in law’s grammar 6. Explorative research 7. Epilogue: horizons of legal research Glossary Bibliography Index

'In this wonderfully succinct yet always rigorous volume, Ernst Hirsch Ballin models the very open-mindedness that he rightly identifies as essential to pushing beyond traditional jurisprudence. The result is an excellent introduction to various methodological and theoretical approaches to legal scholarship--what we might call semantic-behavioural, critical-discursive, genealogical-historical, empirical-social scientific--which together show the rich potential of law as an innovative discipline. We owe Hirsch Ballin a debt of gratitude for offering this always fair-minded and insightful take on a perennially challenging and contested topic.'--Peter L. Lindseth, University of Connecticut, School of Law, US

Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Distinguished University Professor, Tilburg University and Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• Contents: Preface 1. Common object of legal research 2. Critical angles in legal research 3. Empirical legal research 4. Fundamental research 5. Humans in law’s grammar 6. Explorative research 7. Epilogue: horizons of legal research Glossary Bibliography Index

'In this wonderfully succinct yet always rigorous volume, Ernst Hirsch Ballin models the very open-mindedness that he rightly identifies as essential to pushing beyond traditional jurisprudence. The result is an excellent introduction to various methodological and theoretical approaches to legal scholarship--what we might call semantic-behavioural, critical-discursive, genealogical-historical, empirical-social scientific--which together show the rich potential of law as an innovative discipline. We owe Hirsch Ballin a debt of gratitude for offering this always fair-minded and insightful take on a perennially challenging and contested topic.'--Peter L. Lindseth, University of Connecticut, School of Law, US

Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Distinguished University Professor, Tilburg University and Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• Contents: Preface 1. Common object of legal research 2. Critical angles in legal research 3. Empirical legal research 4. Fundamental research 5. Humans in law’s grammar 6. Explorative research 7. Epilogue: horizons of legal research Glossary Bibliography Index

'In this wonderfully succinct yet always rigorous volume, Ernst Hirsch Ballin models the very open-mindedness that he rightly identifies as essential to pushing beyond traditional jurisprudence. The result is an excellent introduction to various methodological and theoretical approaches to legal scholarship--what we might call semantic-behavioural, critical-discursive, genealogical-historical, empirical-social scientific--which together show the rich potential of law as an innovative discipline. We owe Hirsch Ballin a debt of gratitude for offering this always fair-minded and insightful take on a perennially challenging and contested topic.'--Peter L. Lindseth, University of Connecticut, School of Law, US