%0 Journal Article
%T How to carry out interdisciplinary legal research Some experiences with an interdisciplinary research method
%A Wendy Schrama
%J Utrecht Law Review
%D 2011
%I Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals
%X Interdisciplinary legal research, in which non-legal data are combined with legal data, is a fairly new branch of legal scholarship in the Netherlands. Although it improves the possibilities to measure the effectiveness of legal instruments, it also raises numerous methodological questions, such as a lack of matching empirical data and the translation of legal concepts in socio-empirical terms. Both the pros and cons of the interdisciplinary research method will be addressed and illustrated on the basis of family law research which incorporates socio-empirical data. There are, however, no simple solutions to the pitfalls, but to create awareness of the potential problems may contribute to a better research design and, in the end, to better results.
%K interdisciplinary research
%K legal methodology
%K empirical data
%K family law
%U http://www.utrechtlawreview.org/index.php/ulr/article/view/152