Methodology of European Law Research / Методологія наукових досліджень в галузі європейського права (1 маг ЄБП МП)

This course aims to provide with an up to date understanding of Legal Reserch Methods in a Modern World, an overview of division of “sources-of-law” in different areas and a comparison between Common Law and Civil Law thinking.
The course will look not only into historical developments of the Legal Doctrine as a Hermeneutic and an Empirical Discipline, but also as a Logical and a Normative Discipline.
The students will explore the usage of Empirical Data in Legal Doctrine, Wording and Checking Research Hypotheses and Theory Building in Legal Doctrine.  The learning process will include major purposes of Comparative legal studies and a basic working-plan for a Comparative law method and a Civil law method.