'EVIDENCE-BASED LAW REFORM' approach to law-making advocates:

Question

Accepted Answer

C.

1. EVIDENCE-BASED LAW REFORM advocates that law-making should rely on EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE rather than ideology or vested interests.
2. SOURCES of evidence:
3. (i) ECONOMIC analysis — cost-benefit, regression studies;
4. (ii) SOCIAL SCIENCE research — surveys, interviews, ethnography;
5. (iii) COMPARATIVE experience — how have similar laws worked elsewhere?
6. (iv) PILOT PROGRAMS — testing reforms before wide implementation;
7. (v) IMPACT EVALUATIONS — RCTs, quasi-experimental;
8. (vi) BEHAVIOURAL evidence — what cognitive biases affect compliance?
9. INDIAN INSTITUTIONS:
10. (i) VIDHI CENTRE FOR LEGAL POLICY — independent legal think tank;
11. (ii) NITI AAYOG — policy research;
12. (iii) LAW COMMISSION of India — though traditionally more doctrinal;
13. (iv) Various NLU research centres.
14. CRITICISMS: evidence is contested; ideology shapes interpretation; political feasibility matters; some areas (rights) need normative argument, not just empirical evidence.
15. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Evidence-Based Law Reform approach_