Empirical legal studies

Empirical legal studies

Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) is a relatively new approach to the study of law, legal procedure, and legal theory through the use of empirical research. Empirical legal researchers use research techniques that are typical of economics, psychology, and sociology; however, ELS research tends to be more focused on purely legal questions than the related fields of law and economics, legal psychology, and law and society.

In 2004, the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies was launched by the Society for Empirical Legal Studies and Cornell Law School, and within three years risen to be ranked 28th of the over 800 US law journals. [ [http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx Law Journals: Submission and Ranking] Ranking of US Law journals by impact factor, 2007]

External links

* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1740-1453&site=1 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies]
* [http://www.elsblog.org/ Empirical Legal Studies Blog - A semi-official blog of the Society for Empirical Legal Studies]

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