Publication Date: 2024/02/08
Abstract: Mixed Methods of research is mostly common in Social science Studies. This approach is usually taken to be an assorted method of qualitative and quantitative exploration. Some scholars and or researchers have been and consider Legal research applicable methods to be hired from the social sciences. Others take position that Legal researches have no methods of their own. Legal Researches are therefore attacked by some scholars and blamed of having no methods and living on principles deserting the society. Taking a legal research to stand as a parasite on bases of legal methods, a doctrinal method in particular has as well succumbed into special attack. With doctrinal research means black letters and or Library researches as others refer it to. In whatever case as may stand, this study goes through the mixed methods as observed by a number of social science writers to observe how mixed is the method and its compatibility in other disciplines and legal studies in particular. In so doing, this study establishes non social sciences approaches by fusing a doctrinal legal research with qualitative elements to come up with a Mixed Legal Research method for legal discipline. This brings about establishment and expansion of a component of doctrinal and qualitative research elements for a new generation of a mixed method for legal research. This study advocates that the mixed method of research depends on the discipline and intended destination. In conclusion thereof, this study advocates that combined methods of doctrinal and Qualitative may apply in legal research to support each other.
Keywords: Mixed Method of Research, Social Science Researches, Legal Research, Doctrinal Legal Research, Fusing, Black Letters, Library Research, Qualitative Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10634265
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT24JAN1672.pdf
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