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Siems, Mathias

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Authors

Mathias Siems



Abstract

In legal academia it is highly controversial how to ‘be original’ in legal research. This article will try to maintain an attitude of tolerance in not promoting or discrediting one particular methodology. Instead, it will identify four different ways of ‘being original’. Perhaps the most common approach is to deal with ‘micro-legal questions’. Many legal academics also pursue research in ‘macro-legal questions’. Less common but growing is the importance of ‘scientific legal research’ and research in ‘non-legal topics’.

Citation

Siems, M. (2008). Legal Originality. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 28(1), 147-164. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqm024

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Apr 1, 2008
Deposit Date Jul 8, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
Print ISSN 0143-6503
Electronic ISSN 1464-3820
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 28
Issue 1
Pages 147-164
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqm024

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This is a pre-copy-editing author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Oxford journal of legal studies following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Siems, Mathias (2008) 'Legal originality.', Oxford journal of legal studies., 28 (1). pp. 147-164 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqm024





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