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User-friendly Legal Science

A New Scientific Discipline

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  • Shows how law scholars can practice scientific research and close the gap to other social sciences

  • Provides an alternative to doctrinal research, law-and-something disciplines, and the traditional interdisciplinary approach

  • Defines a new legal discipline that can prevail in competition against other social sciences

  • Expands the boundaries of legal science

  • Shows how you can use theory to make legal research and education more practice-ready

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    • Petri Mäntysaari
    Pages 1-10
  3. Core Concepts and Theory Building

    • Petri Mäntysaari
    Pages 11-45
  4. The Research Question, Theories and Methods

    • Petri Mäntysaari
    Pages 47-83
  5. Use of Findings

    • Petri Mäntysaari
    Pages 85-94
  6. System Building

    • Petri Mäntysaari
    Pages 95-116
  7. Conclusions

    • Petri Mäntysaari
    Pages 203-204

About this book

This book defines the characteristics of a new discipline that is both legal and scientific: user-friendly legal science.
Focusing on how legal tools and practices can be used to achieve objectives in different contexts, it offers an alternative to doctrinal research, law-and-something disciplines, and the traditional interdisciplinary approach.
The book not only defines the new discipline’s research approach, point of view, theory-building, and research methods, it also shows how it relates to other scientific disciplines and how existing doctrinal legal disciplines can be upgraded into scientific disciplines.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Deptartment of Accounting and Commercial Law, Hanken School of Economics , Vaasa, Finland

    Petri Mäntysaari

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: User-friendly Legal Science

  • Book Subtitle: A New Scientific Discipline

  • Authors: Petri Mäntysaari

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53492-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53491-6Published: 04 April 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85165-5Published: 21 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53492-3Published: 28 March 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 204

  • Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History

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eBook USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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