Qualitative fieldwork

Petra Mahy; Richard Mitchell; John Howe; Ingrid Landau; Carolyn Sutherland

doi:10.1017/9781108914741.009

Qualitative fieldwork

Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, John Howe, Ingrid Landau, Carolyn Sutherland

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Abstract

The use of qualitative fieldwork methods for comparative legal research has the potential to provide valuable insights into the relationships between laws and cultures across different nation-states and other socially defined spaces. Such methods also give rise to a wide range of methodological research design issues including fieldsite selection, the development and use of comparator concepts and the means of handling detailed contextual accounts. This chapter discusses these issues as they arise in relation to three sub-disciplinary categories: (i) traditional comparative law; (ii) socio-legal comparative law; and (iii) comparative socio-legal studies. Building on this review of comparative legal research design discussions and examples, the authors also reflect on the design for their own ongoing comparative empirical project on labour dispute resolution systems in Southeast Asia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Handbook of Comparative Law
Editors	Mathias Siems, Po Jen Yap
Place of Publication	Cambridge UK
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	7
Pages	113-132
Number of pages	20
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108914741
ISBN (Print)	9781108843089
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914741.009
Publication status	Published - 2024

Keywords

socio-legal comparative law
comparative socio-legal studies
fieldwork
dispute resolution systems
Southeast Asia

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Formal and informal regulation of labour disputes in Southeast Asia
Sutherland, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mitchell, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mahy, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Landau, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Howe, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/04/19 → 30/03/25
Project: Research

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