Legal research and its methodology

On June 17, the virtual course "Training in Research Methodology" was held, organized by the Faculty of Legal Sciences.

The speaker was UDA professor Silvana Tapia, who is a Doctor of Philosophy in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Kent, United Kingdom, and has a Master's Degree in Criminal Law and a Law Degree from the UDA.

The chairs he teaches at the University are Gender and Law, Philosophical and sociological Foundations of Law and Criminal Law; her research interests revolve around the use of criminal justice to counter violence against women.

Dr. Tapia explained that legal research is "a discipline that includes multiple trends and approaches, and is necessary for the study and application of law as a social practice and scientific knowledge."

In the impact of the research, it should be taken into account that the methodology tries to clarify who investigates, for whom it is done, what it does it for, what objectives or results it proposes and the causes that determine them, said the speaker.

UDA Correspondent