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HANDBOOKS OF RESEARCH METHODS IN LAW

Series Editors: Jan Smits, Maastricht University, the Netherlands and University of Helsinki, Finland and Nuno Garoupa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law, USA

The Handbooks of Research Methods io Law series provides definitive overviews of how research methods are used within, and affect, key fields of law - including European Law, Environmental Law, IP Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law and many others. Offering a deeper reflection, each volume focuses primarily on the prospects and challenges of different methodologies within a given topic.

Each Handbook consists of original contributions from leading authors, includ­ing perspectives from multiple appropriate disciplines, and forms a highly original research tool. As well as contributing to the debate on the role of methodology in legal research, these Handbooks will be an invaluable guide to students embarking on a research degree and to researchers moving into a new subject area.

Research Methods in Human Rights A Handbook

Edited by

Bard A. Andreassen

Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway

Hans-Otto Sano

Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

Siobhan Mclnerney-Lankford

The World Bank, USA

HANDBOOKS OF RESEARCH METHODS IN LAW

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