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It is unlikely that law researchers will be conducting systematic reviews, however you may need to conduct a literature review.
Applying systematic searching skills and techniques can also help shape and improve your research.
Below are some resources that can inform and guide law researchers with literature reviews and systematic research.
Key resources
- Doing a Systematic Literature Review in Legal Scholarship by Marnix Snel and Janaina de MoraesPublication date: 2018A literature review is the comprehensive study and interpretation of literature that relates to a particular topic. While legal scholars have increasingly started to emphasize the importance of conducting a systematic literature review prior to embarking on a larger academic research venture, discipline-specific guidelines have been absent until now. This book fills this gap by offering a step-by-step guide to doing a systematic literature review in legal scholarship.
- Making Doctrinal Work More Rigorous: Lessons from Systematic ReviewsWilliam Baude, Adam S Chilton and Anup Malani, 'Making Doctrinal Work More Rigorous: Lessons from Systematic Reviews' (2017) 84(1) University of Chicago Law Review 37
- Law Dissertations: A Step-By-Step Guide by Laura LammasniemiPublication date: 20212nd edition
This book provides law students with all the guidance and information they need to complete and succeed in their LLB, LLM or law-related dissertation. Written in an accessible, clear format and with plenty of tools to help to put the theory into practice, the book will show students how to make writing a law dissertation easy, without compromising intellectual rigour.
- Chapter 11: Literature Reviewin Laura Lammasniemi, Law Dissertations: A Step-by-step Guide (Routledge, 2nd ed, 2021) 109-18
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