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Outline
In Brief
Introduction  
Research 
Design
Different approaches to socio-legal 
research  Research Methods in Law
Conclusion
In Brief
Developing a plan in which data gathering and data analysis
are  conducted to carry out the Research. A Conce
ptual Framework  must be developed to ensure the reliability and 
authenticity of a  research project.
Introduction
The best-approached model that has been  
approached in a Legal PhD Dissertation is the 
 public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Education in law is a professed de-facto
combination of liberal and professional.
Anyhow, most of the education systems in law  
and order across the world have failed in guiding 
 students for profession and create a relaxing  
effect in law students.
Contd..
Several attempts have been made over a different time period, to improve the legal 
 education system in India.
Furthermore, a part of legal education is always insignificant in the higher education 
 system of India.
Therefore, the legal education system in India is weak both in both quality and quantity. 
 The aim of this research study is to meet the following steps.
Contd..
1. To determine the basis for the PPP in the legal education system.
2. To expand the best framework to implement PPP in the legal research 
 system of India.
3. To propose a legal framework that is robust to restructure the legal education 
 system for global India.
Researc Research design is nothing but developing a plan in which 
h  Design  the research will be done in relation to data gathering and  
data analysis.
A research plan contains the following steps.
Discover a research topic and problem  
Prepare research question and hypothesis
Selecting methodology for research  
Identify the importance of the research 
 Find and use a theory
Accomplishing a Literature Review
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Research 
 
Object ive
Contd..
A. Identify a 
 Defining a research topic broadly at the beginning  
of the research provides a structure of reference  
Research 
throughout the period of the research process that 
 Topic  helps the researcher to be on track.
and  
Problem A Research Topic can be described in a short and  
understandable sentence - for example, Drug use in 
 prisons.
The most challenging thing in defining the research 
 problem is that the research problem should be  
unique and the research work should not be  
duplicated from other researches.
Contd..
B. Formulate  
the Research After identifying the research topic and problem,  
the next step in the research design is to prepare  
 Question  
a research question and a hypothesis to conduct 
and   the research.
Hypothesis
Both methodologies make use of research 
 questions but hypotheses are used only for
 Quantitative Research.
Preferably, a researcher will begin the research 
 by talking to people who are familiar in the field, 
 and then, based on the data gathered, the  
research question is designed.
Contd..
Discovering research questions after starting the research unlikely leads to precise 
 research, but preparing dynamic research questions is a good idea.
When preparing qualitative research questions, the most common method is to form 
 one main question and many sub-questions.
Quantitative Research questions vary according to whether the researcher wishes to  
assess participants involved in research once to provide a descriptive account or the 
 researcher wants to establish involvement in order to learn its effect and introduce a  
causality between the involvement and the effect.
Contd..
C. Choose a  Once the research question has been formed, the  
Research  researcher must think in detail about what methodology 
Methodology  is to be chosen and which methodology will best answer  
the research question, and then Choose that
 Methodology.
 Qualitative Research Methodology: In qualitative 
 research, importance is placed on people’s 
feelings,  their insights.
 Quantitative research methodology: In 
quantitative  research methodology, various 
research methods  can be used. Two of the commonly 
used approaches  are descriptive and experimental 
research.
Contd..
D. Define the  
Significanc
e  of the  
The next process in the research design is to describe 
Research  the significance of the research.
This is a main step of research, as it relates to the  
choice of the research problem, which should  
describe an important issue, assist in solving that issue, 
 and not copy already existing research.
Contd..
E. Find and 
 Use a  
Theory
In both Quantitative and Qualitative Research, the
hypothesis can be used to direct grouping and interpreting 
 data and to recommend justification for the observations  
and findings of the research.
Researchers often examine hypotheses and answer 
 research questions in quantitative research.
Contd..
F. Carry Out a 
 Literature  
Review
An important stage in research design is doing a  
literature review, which the researcher must conduct 
 to study in detail to explore the research topic.
Review of literature involves interpreting, analyzing, 
 assessing, and summarizing written material.
Different  
approache
The socio-legal method seems to occupy space between 
s  to socio-   two ends of a methodological field.
legal  
research At one end, a strict doctrinal approach depends mainly  on the well-versed analysis of judicial and legislative  
decisions from the top most courts.
On the other end, important legal studies and legal  
economic analyses refrain from the concerns,  
hypotheses, and informants of the external point of view.
Contd..
While background analysis is increasingly the rule in legal scholarship, external 
 informants are important to a socio-legal approach.
Researchers must focus on the importance of developing a conceptual  
framework that will make sure the reliability and veracity of a research project.
Research  
Methods in 1. Quantitative approaches in socio-legal research:
 Law Quantitative methods usage in Socio-Legal Research
is ever-growing.
2.  Participant Observation: Observation of 
participants  is a type of research that could be 
considered as  absolutely conflicting to the collection 
of Quantitative
 Data.
3.  Interviews: The researcher must focus on 
conducting
semi-structured and free interviews.
Contd..
4. A nalyzing qualitative data: Challenges are posed in qualitative 
data
for merging creativity and rigidity in their analysis.
5. R esearch Ethics: Significant ethical issues may emerge during 
socio-  legal research.
Ethical issues and ethical thinking in social studies are the important 
 things that are to be considered.
Conclusion
Some people use legal research to find out the sources of 
 law that are pertinent for understanding a legal problem  
and then identifying a solution for the problem.
It is evident that lawyers who are practicing law must  
conduct realistic and legal research in an efficient manner 
 because of the cost insinuation for their clients.
Others might use legal research as a means to extend the 
 knowledge of features of law and the function of the legal 
 structure that are of great concern.
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