Today’s lawyers are moving into a new research world in which it is necessary
to know, use and be able to critique the results of a whole variety of methodologies
in addition to the known doctrinal methodology. These other methodologies
include qualitative and quantitative methods taken from the social sciences, and
also comparative research, case studies, benchmarking and content analysis, all
of which are particularly suited to legal research. The new legal research
environment thus includes: