Non-doctrinal Research Methods in Environmental Law

Edited by Paul Martin, Director of the Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England, Australia and co-chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Committee, Solange Teles da Silva, Professor of Sustainable Development Law, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil and Adjunct Professor, University of New England, Australia, Marcia Leuzinger, Professor of Environmental Law, Brasilia University, Brazil and Adjunct Professor, University of New England, Australia and Miriam Verbeek, Academic Editor and Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law and Andrew Lawson, Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

• Contents:1 Introduction: Non-doctrinal Research Methods in Environmental Law 1Paul Martin2 Non-doctrinal legal research to advance urban sustainability in thesouthern African context 20Anél du Plessis3 Objective evaluation of environmental law 38Paul Martin and Solange Teles da Silva4 Futures methods for environmental law research 57Natalie P. Stoianoff, Paul Martin and Michelle Lim5 Economics methods in non-doctrinal environmental law research 82Michael Faure6 Feminist methods in environmental law research 97Solange Teles da Silva, Marcia Leuzinger and Patrícia Bertolin7 The limits of social science research in environmental law analysis 113Colin Crawford8 Using adaptive theory and multi-modal case study methods inenvironmental law research 130Cameron Holley, Amanda Kennedy, Alice Bleby and Carley Bartlett9 Systems methods in non-doctrinal environmental law research 154Paul Martin and J. B. Ruhl10 Legislative argumentation: Study of the Federal Executive PowerDecrees combating deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest from 2019 to 2020 176Mariana Barbosa Cirne and Lorene Souza11 Sustaining ongoing environmental law research teams and programs 200Paul Martin and Andrew Lawson12 Bibliometric approaches in non-doctrinal research 219Maria Luiza A Luz, Andrew Lawson and Paul Martin13 Non-doctrinal methods: Fundamental challenges and possible directions 234Paul Martin, Andrew Lawson, Solange Teles da Silva, MarciaLeuzinger and Miriam VerbeekIndex