Research Methods for Law (Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities)

Drawing on actual research projects, Research Methods for Law discusses how legal research as process impacts on research as product. The author team has a broad range of teaching and research experience in law, criminal justice and socio-legal studies, and give examples from real-life research products to illustrate the theory.

Mike McConville was Founding Dean and Simon F. S. Li Professor of Law, School of Law in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His recent publications include: Jury Trials and Plea Bargaining: A True History (with C. L. Mirsky, 2005); Criminal Justice in China: An Empirical Inquiry (with others, 2011); and Criminal Judges (with L. Marsh, 2014).

Wing Hong Chui is Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. His recent publications include: The Hong Kong Legal System (with S. H. C. Lo, 2012); Responding to Youth Crime in Hong Kong: Penal Elitism, Legitimacy and Citizenship (with M. Adorjan, 2014); and Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong (2nd ed.) (with T. W. Lo, 2016).