In legal research, 'EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES' (ELS) uses:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES (ELS) is a methodological movement that emerged in the late 1990s-early 2000s in the US.
2. METHODOLOGIES:
3. (i) QUANTITATIVE: statistical analysis of large datasets — case outcomes, voting patterns, legislative behaviour, contracting patterns; econometrics, regression, content analysis;
4. (ii) QUALITATIVE: interviews, focus groups, ethnography, case studies of institutions;
5. (iii) EXPERIMENTAL: behavioural studies, simulations, vignette studies of decision-making.
6. JOURNALS: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (since 2004), Journal of Legal Studies.
7. CONFERENCES: Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) annual event.
8. KEY SCHOLARS: Theodore Eisenberg, Roger Park, Gillian Hadfield.
9. INDIA: still nascent; institutions like Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, Centre for Civil Society, Centre for Policy Research conduct empirical legal research.
10. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) movement_
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