• new methodologies borrowed from the social sciences;
• interdisciplinary perspectives blending law and medicine and the ‘hard’
sciences;
• team approaches to research;
• doctoral and post-doctoral academic perspectives alongside the dominant
practical and professional perspectives;
• a firm acknowledgement of the importance of underlying theory in explaining
law, including both social theory and the philosophy of the law;
• an acknowledgement of individual differences in the intellectual framework
for research including functional and theoretical perspectives on law;
• a sensitive and methodologically sound approach to comparative law and
research; and
• an acceptance of the substantial impact of international law on national
agendas.