Allen on NLR, Doctrine, and Legal Indeterminacy
In our February 2019 post, Professor Jessie Allen uses performance theory and empirical research from psychology on the effects of reading to suggest…
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Category: Research Methods
NLR’s Big Umbrella: Interview with Stewart Macaulay and Elizabeth Mertz
In the fourth episode of our NLR podcast series, April Faith-Slaker talks with Stewart Macaulay (Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of…
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Chicago & Wisconsin During the Eisenhower Years
In this post, NLR blogger Stewart Macaulay responds to Marc Galanter’s comments here (as Guest Blogger in January 2016) about the University of…
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Empirical Law in Canada: Lessons for U.S.
On Feb. 18-19, 2016, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto held a marvelous interdisciplinary law conference for graduate law students…
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Mertz on Studying Social Science Ethics
In recent months, prompted by media coverage of research by sociologist Alice Goffman, a number of law professors have stumbled upon a longstanding…
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“Reality” and Justice
“Reality” as a Claim for Justice — by Beth Mertz In these oddly jaded times within the social sciences, it is interesting how…
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Secunda on New Legal Realism with Discussion
NEW FEATURE! Welcoming NLR Guest Blogger PAUL M. SECUNDA Paul Secunda is an Associate Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School. Culturally-Motivated…
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Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Advocate Mixed Methods, Complex Approaches
Legal scholars seeking rigor in studying the law often turn to single-method solutions — statistical analyses of large data sets, for example, or…
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