Doing a systematic literature review in legal scholarship / Marnix Snel, Janaína de Moraes.
2018
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Author
Title
Doing a systematic literature review in legal scholarship / Marnix Snel, Janaína de Moraes.
Published
The Hague : Eleven International publishing, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Call Number
K85 .S64 2018
ISBN
9462368074 paperback
9789462368071 paperback
9789462368071 paperback
Description
99 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1008767921
Summary
"A literature review is the comprehensive study and interpretation of literature that relates to a particular topic. While legal scholars have increasingly started to emphasize the importance of conducting a systematic literature review prior to embarking on a larger academic research venture, discipline-specific guidelines have been absent until now. This book fills this gap by offering a step-by-step guide to doing a systematic literature review in legal scholarship. It first discusses what a systematic literature review is and why it is so important. It then moves consecutively through the process of delineating your topic and determining what information to search for, designing and carrying out a systematic search for relevant literature, critically appraising the literature, and synthesizing, discussing and presenting your findings."--Back cover.
Note
"A literature review is the comprehensive study and interpretation of literature that relates to a particular topic. While legal scholars have increasingly started to emphasize the importance of conducting a systematic literature review prior to embarking on a larger academic research venture, discipline-specific guidelines have been absent until now. This book fills this gap by offering a step-by-step guide to doing a systematic literature review in legal scholarship. It first discusses what a systematic literature review is and why it is so important. It then moves consecutively through the process of delineating your topic and determining what information to search for, designing and carrying out a systematic search for relevant literature, critically appraising the literature, and synthesizing, discussing and presenting your findings."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references.(pages 93-99).
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Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
7
1.1.
Focus of this book
7
1.2.
Why this book?
8
1.3.
How this book was compiled
9
1.4.
How to use this book
10
2.
What is a literature review and why do one?
13
2.1.
Introduction
13
2.2.
Interaction between topic choice and literature review
14
2.3.
Helping you to really understand your topic
15
2.4.
Narrowing down your research topic
16
2.5.
Phrasing, embedding and justifying your research question
18
2.6.
Assessing your project's feasibility
21
2.7.
So what is a systematic literature review and what is it not?
22
2.8.
Characteristics at different quality levels
23
2.9.
Summary and key points
24
3.
Preparing for your literature review
27
3.1.
Introduction
27
3.2.
Primary versus secondary sources
28
3.3.
Types of sources you are likely to encounter
29
3.4.
Types of research you are likely to encounter
32
3.5.
Delineating your topic before starting your literature review
37
3.6.
How wide should you cast your net?
40
3.7.
Summary and key points
42
4.
systematic search for relevant literature
43
4.1.
Introduction
43
4.2.
Collecting sources as a challenging research activity
44
4.3.
Searching is selecting
46
4.4.
Digital search through legal databases
47
4.5.
Snowballing
52
4.6.
Additional techniques
53
4.7.
Keep track of your search and manage your references
56
4.8.
Summary and key points
57
5.
Critical appraisal of the literature
59
5.1.
Introduction
59
5.2.
Appraisal criteria
60
5.3.
Refining the literature that will comprise the review
65
5.4.
Reaching a quality judgment on your `key' sources
66
5.5.
Note-taking and the distillation of relevant information
68
5.6.
Assign provisional codes to the information
72
5.7.
Summary and key points
72
6.
Synthesize, discuss and present your findings
75
6.1.
Introduction
75
6.2.
Identifying the state of the art
76
6.3.
Identifying gaps in the body of knowledge
80
6.4.
Developing your research question
82
6.5.
Presenting your findings
83
6.6.
Summary and key points
88
7.
Summary
91
References
93