Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2021

Abstract

This chapter positions quantitative legal research in Germany, where it is a relatively new discipline, within the country’s greater legal academic landscape. The early stage of the discipline makes Germany particularly interesting for international scholars and open to a global academic dialogue. In addition, as the discipline is still young, the discourse is still open to influence from a global community. The following discussion argues for better access to legal data and tries to save researchers from pitfalls such as high fees for or dubious providers of legal data. It encourages the compilation of comprehensive, rich, well-documented and open source datasets. It suggests methods from data mining, text analytics and network science for their analysis. Finally, the chapter describes possible audiences both within and outside the academic realm, strongly arguing for an interdisciplinary approach explicitly open to doctrinal legal scholars.

Discipline

Legal Writing and Research | Science and Technology Law

Research Areas

Innovation, Technology and the Law

Publication

Research handbook on big data law

Editor

VOGL, Roland

First Page

228

Last Page

252

ISBN

9781788972819

Identifier

10.4337/9781788972826.00018

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972826.00018

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