The objective of the article is the approach to the study of the methodology of the investigation applied to the Law, for this, a type of qualitative research was used, with a hermeneutical method, making a critical analysis of the national and international doctrine that has studied the subject. Among the results obtained, it was identified that the existence of a universally applied research methodology is recognized, however, recently several authors refer to a legal research methodology, based on particular typologies applied in law, according to the core characteristics and peculiarities of this science, which are analyzed and developed in this work, generating a classification based on the various categories made by the authors analyzed. In conclusion, the specific methods and typologies used in legal investigations were evidenced, in order to reconcile methodological and legal aspects applied in the field of research.
Keywords:
Research methodology, legal research, law research, types of legal investigations, legal research method
Author Biographies
Frank Luis Mila Maldonado, Universidad de Otavalo
Doctor en Educación y coordinador de posgrados de la Universidad de Otavalo. Además, es docente-investigador titular de la carrera de Derecho de la Universidad de Otavalo y coordinador de la maestría en Educación de la Universidad de Otavalo. Por otra parte, también es coordinador de la maestría en Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad de Otavalo-Ecuador. Su correo electrónico es fmila@uotavalo.edu.ec
Karla Ayerim Yánez Yánez, Universidad de Otavalo
Magíster en Derecho Constitucional por la Universidad de Otavalo-Ecuador y abogada. Además, es docente a tiempo parcial de la carrera de Derecho de la Universidad de Otavalo e investigadora.
Jorge David Mantilla Salgado, Universidad de Otavalo
Doctorando en Antropología y Comunicación, master of Science en Antropology/Development Studies y director de Investigación de la Universidad de Otavalo-Ecuador. Su correo electrónico es jmantilla@uotavalo.edu.ec
Mila Maldonado, F. L., Yánez Yánez, K. A., & Mantilla Salgado, J. D. (2021). An approximation to the legal research methodology. Revista Pedagogía Universitaria Y Didáctica Del Derecho, 8(2), pp. 81–96. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2021.60341