Experimental legal methods in the classroom

As legal research and scholarship are increasingly turning to interdisciplinary approaches, the question arises as to how to introduce quantitative research techniques to a student population usually unfamiliar with empirical methods. We argue that classroom experiments form an effective — and, from...

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Autores principales: Arthur Dyevre, Michal Ovádek
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8cac9d479de24dfd867a0bde6a6505d22021-11-08T08:17:04ZExperimental legal methods in the classroom1871-515X10.36633/ulr.557https://doaj.org/article/8cac9d479de24dfd867a0bde6a6505d22020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.utrechtlawreview.org/articles/557https://doaj.org/toc/1871-515XAs legal research and scholarship are increasingly turning to interdisciplinary approaches, the question arises as to how to introduce quantitative research techniques to a student population usually unfamiliar with empirical methods. We argue that classroom experiments form an effective — and, from the perspective of students, attractive — way to teach law students the logic of empirical inquiry. Many questions and controversies on and around adjudication and the impact of legal regulations hinge on matters of beliefs and behaviour which experimental methods are well-suited to investigate. Moreover, experimental legal research is fairly intuitive and does not require advanced statistical knowledge. Thanks to modern software tools, experiments can be conducted and analysed in the classroom without much prior technical knowledge. We provide basic guidance on how to undertake in-class experimental legal research and discuss examples of in-class experiments on gender effects, anchoring effects and neutrality bias.Arthur DyevreMichal OvádekUtrecht University School of Lawarticlerandomized experimentslegal methodsteachinginterdisciplinarityLaw in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENUtrecht Law Review, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2020)
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topic randomized experiments
legal methods
teaching
interdisciplinarity
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
K1-7720
spellingShingle randomized experiments
legal methods
teaching
interdisciplinarity
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
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Arthur Dyevre
Michal Ovádek
Experimental legal methods in the classroom
description As legal research and scholarship are increasingly turning to interdisciplinary approaches, the question arises as to how to introduce quantitative research techniques to a student population usually unfamiliar with empirical methods. We argue that classroom experiments form an effective — and, from the perspective of students, attractive — way to teach law students the logic of empirical inquiry. Many questions and controversies on and around adjudication and the impact of legal regulations hinge on matters of beliefs and behaviour which experimental methods are well-suited to investigate. Moreover, experimental legal research is fairly intuitive and does not require advanced statistical knowledge. Thanks to modern software tools, experiments can be conducted and analysed in the classroom without much prior technical knowledge. We provide basic guidance on how to undertake in-class experimental legal research and discuss examples of in-class experiments on gender effects, anchoring effects and neutrality bias.
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