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Deplano, Rossana --- "Introduction" [2019] ELECD 2959; in Deplano, Rossana (ed), "Pluralising International Legal Scholarship" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 1

Book Title: Pluralising International Legal Scholarship

Editor(s): Deplano, Rossana

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Introduction

Author(s): Deplano, Rossana

Number of pages: 17

Abstract/Description:

In the past few years, it has become increasingly self-evident that the research methodologies of international law can no longer be confined to pure normative and doctrinal analysis. They need to be complemented by interdisciplinary approaches. Indeed, a new generation of scholars is engaging in pioneering empirical and socio-legal studies in fields as diverse as arbitration, international economic law and international courts and tribunals. I believe we are witnessing a wave of change within the international legal academia and the chapters featuring in this collection are testament to that paradigm shift, being themselves instances of cuttingedge research in the socio-legal and empirical law fields. Empirical, socio-legal and, in general, interdisciplinary analyses of international legal issues now abound. Technological advancements greatly facilitate the ongoing transition to a pluralist approach to research methods in international law, at the same time allowing use of specialized, yet user-friendly, computer software for empirical investigation and increasing the availability of online materials to conduct doctrinal analysis through ever faster and comprehensive databases.