Research Methods for International Human Rights Law Beyond the Traditional Paradigm

• Main Authors: Gonzalez-Salzberg, Damian, Hodson, Loveday
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2020; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
• Subjects: Comparative Law; Ethnography & Methodology; Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties; International Law - Law; International law and human rights > Cases; International law and human rights > Methodology; Legal Skills, Method & System; Legal Theory; CEDAW Committee; Bakassi Peninsula; Afro-descendant Communities; Participatory Mapping; CEDAW; Chagos Archipelago; Gender Recognition; Participatory Mapping Exercises; Dublin Iii; Afro-descendant People; Chagos Islanders; Governmentality Lens; Legal Pluralism; Inter-American Court; Participatory Mapping Method; Critical Legal Pluralism; ECHR Provision; ICJ; Host Member State; EU Citizen; UK Constitutional Law; Human Rights; Moiwana Community; International Human Rights Law; Moiwana Village
• ISBN: 1138603554; 9781138603554; 0367727404; 9780367727406
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429468971

The study and teaching of international human rights law is dominated by the doctrinal method. A wealth of alternative approaches exists, but they tend to be discussed in isolation from one another. This collection focuses on cross-theoretical discussion that brings together an array of different analytical methods and theoretical lenses that can be used for conducting research within the field. As such, it provides a coherent, accessible and diverse account of key theories and methods. A distinctive feature of this collection is that it adopts a grounded approach to international human rights law, through demonstrating the application of specific research methods to individual case studies. By applying the approach under discussion to a concrete case, it is possible to better appreciate the multiple understandings of international human rights law that are missed when the field is only comprehended through the doctrinal method. Furthermore, since every contribution follows the same uniform structure, this allows for fruitful comparison between different approaches to the study of our discipline.