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Doctrinal Research in Law: Meaning, Scope and Methodology

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  • Nasir Majeed

    (Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Gujrat, Pakistan)

  • Amjad Hilal

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Shariah, University of Swat, Pakistan)

  • Arshad Nawaz Khan

    (Assistant Professor, School of Law, Quaid-e Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan)

Abstract

The doctrinal legal research has been the dominant and most influential research methods in law. The purpose of the present study was twofold; to explore the scope and to analyze the methodologies of doctrinal legal research. After analyzing the systematically selected literature, the present study found that doctrinal research is concerned with methodically finding examining explaining and justifying the enacted legal framework. In addition the doctrinal research was also used to predict the future development in law. Moreover the study found that doctrinal research methodology was used by legal and non-legal researchers. The study also found that the beginning of the doctrinal legal research is the presence of a legal problem which is followed by finding the relevant legal material including statutory law constitutional provision pertaining to the problem by laws judicial decisions commentaries of the analysts encyclopedias and dictionaries. The study further found that after finding the relevant legal material, a researcher is required to analyze the legal material to determine the fitness of the problem or to suggest the solution of legal problem. Further to that, a researcher should also synthesize the legal material to highlight the inconsistencies between enacted legislation and fundamentals legal norms and principles of the legal system. The study also found that a doctrinal research study is concluded by reporting the findings and the recommendations.

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  • Nasir Majeed & Amjad Hilal & Arshad Nawaz Khan, 2023. "Doctrinal Research in Law: Meaning, Scope and Methodology," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 12(4), pages 559-563.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfh:bbejor:v:12:y:2023:i:4:p:559-563
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.61506/01.00167
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