LS 301Legal Studies Research Methods for a Global Age

Students will be introduced to, and engage with, research methods specific to legal studies, including primary legal sources (case law, statute), legal ethnography, comparative law, post-colonial and critical legal approaches. Students will learn how legal studies methods are used to identify legal problems, and to formulate original questions about law's origin, application, and uses. Methods explored will enable students to conduct law-focused research and to develop an awareness of ethical and political considerations involved in conducting legal research.