The impact of “empirical facts” on legal scholarship and legal research training

Burns, Kylie; Hutchinson, Terry

doi:10.1080/03069400903004236

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“…Empirical legal research is legal research regarding the application or implementation of normative legal provisions in action on every particular legal event in society. In other words, research conducted on the actual situation or natural conditions that occur in society to know and find out the facts and data needed after the required data is collected leads to problem identification which ultimately leads to problem-solving (Burns & Hutchinson, 2009) (Nalle, 2015).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconceptualisation of Corporate Social Responsibility Model in the Era of Sustainable Development

Putri¹,

Naili²

2023

R. Econ. and Finan.

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Corporate Social Responsibility must be based on the principle of social justice so that the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility will not burden one party resulting in the ineffective implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility. This research aims to reconceptualize the model of Corporate Social Responsibility in the legal framework in the era of sustainable development to realize social justice. This research is legal research with the type of empirical legal research. Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility does not mean that the state delegates its overall responsibility to business actors but invites business actors to work together to create sustainable development and improve people's quality of life. Social problems can only be solved through social engineering because the causes and consequences are multidimensional and involve many people. This reconceptualization includes Reconceptualisation of the Idea of Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility, which is carried out with the application of the Social Capital Concept; Reconceptualisation of Funding; Reconceptualisation of the Duties of the Central Government and Regional Governments; Reconceptualisation of the Corporate Social Responsibility Forum; Reconceptualisation of Awards; and Reconceptualisation of Administrative Sanctions.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconceptualisation of Corporate Social Responsibility Model in the Era of Sustainable Development

Putri¹,

Naili²

2023

R. Econ. and Finan.

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“…Empirical facts impact positively on legal scholarship and legal research. For example, there are existing rules of evidence in many jurisdictions such as Australia and the United States (Burns and Hutchinson 2009) allowing for a formal use of empirical data within the doctrinal analytical framework. In Nigeria for example, courts are required to apply the doctrine of judicial notice and other provisions of the Evidence Act 5 .…”

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Evaluating the Role of a Non-Doctrinal Legal Research Method on Legal Education and Practice in Common Law Africa: Nigeria as a Case Study

Chegwe

Akatugba

2023

IJCLE

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This paper presents the results of a study examining the relationship between a non-doctrinal legal research method (NDLRM) and the quality of legal education and practice, with a view to determine the reason for the increasing poor quality of law graduates from common law African countries. Consequently, in this study, faculties of law offering NDLRM in Nigerian universities were investigated as a case study and the challenges of doing so. To achieve the objective of this study, an experimental research design was formulated. Interviews were conducted and a NDLRM challenges questionnaire developed and administered amongst a selected population of law teachers and law students across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. Data collected from the respondents were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results of the analysis showed a positive co-relationship between NDLRM and legal education and practice. Law students were not taught NDLRM in Nigerian universities and their teachers were not taught NDLRM as students in Nigerian Universities. In the conclusion of this paper, compulsory training on inter-disciplinary research for all law teachers in Nigeria was recommended. Further, the provision of adequate funding for research in all faculties of law and adequate training facilities such as smart boards and software for teaching empirical research in all law faculties should be a priority.

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“…Reform-orientated research is therefore a means to bring normative research back to accounting research. However, the nature differs from conventional normative research in that the researcher is much more an insider in the research process (Burns and Hutchinson 2009;Kazmierski 2014). The researcher is therefore part and parcel of the practical problem that is researched.…”

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A doctrinal research perspective of master's degree students in accounting

Coetsee

Buys

2017

SAJHE

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This article reflects on the incorporation of doctrinal research in the curriculum of a master's degree programme in accounting at a South African university. Since accounting concepts, principles and rules are more developed in practice through a process of consensus, the question is whether there is place for doctrinal research in accounting research. Doctrinal research is a research approach that describes, interprets and critisises the underlying doctrines developed in authoritative practice-based documents of a field of enquiry. In the master's degree programme doctrinal research is introduced as an alternative research approach to conventional research approaches to develop the students' skills to question the doctrines. The perspective of the master's degree students is obtained through structured interviews from which different themes are identified by thematic analysis. The participant students agreed that doctrinal research has an important role to play in accounting research. The students also agree that their critical engagement with the underlying doctrines of accounting has improved significantly and that deeper understanding of the concepts and principles of accounting was created.

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The impact of “empirical facts” on legal scholarship and legal research training

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Reconceptualisation of Corporate Social Responsibility Model in the Era of Sustainable Development

Reconceptualisation of Corporate Social Responsibility Model in the Era of Sustainable Development

Evaluating the Role of a Non-Doctrinal Legal Research Method on Legal Education and Practice in Common Law Africa: Nigeria as a Case Study

A doctrinal research perspective of master's degree students in accounting

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