IRM1501 PORTFOLIO MEMORANDUM 2020 OCT /NOV EXAM

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IRM1501 PORTFOLIO MEMORANDUM 2020 OCT /NOV EXAMANSWER 1 To know what document-based research is, one needs to define the term research. The Oxford Learnefs DictionaryT describes research as "a caref... ul study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it". ln the field of law, research is usually document based as it involves comparing various documents, reading and analysing other sources of law. The lntroduction to Research Methodology2 reters to document-based research as a qualitative or quantitative method of research, which fundamentally means that the research conducted is document based and vice versa. The process of conducting document-based research is the reviewing of sources that can be found in law reports, legislation, textbooks, law journals and so forth.3 Hancock, Ockleford and Windridge state that document-based research ... whether quantitative or qualitative, must involve an explicit (i.e. auditable), disciplined, systematic approach to finding things out, using the method most appropriate to the question being asked. Consideration should be given to these common goals, although the differences between qualitative and quantitative research have often been exaggerated in the past.a For legal resea [Show More]

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