Kenya Legal Research :Legal Research Outline

1. Introduction: Legal Research – Evolution, Changing Emphasis and Contemporary Trends
in general and specific to Kenya
2. Different Kinds of Legal Research: Doctrinal, Non-Doctrinal/Empirical/Socio-Legal ,
Inter/Multidisciplinary, Historical.
3.Research: Meaning, Objectives, Motivations, Types and Significance, Method and
4.Methodology, Scientific Method, Research Process
5.Formulating Research Problem: Literature Review, Hypothesis, Research Design
6.Sampling Procedures: Probability and Non-Probability Sampling
7. Methods of Data Collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Schedules, Case
Study
8. Organisation, Interpretation and Analysis of Data
9. Report Writing: Use of Citations, Foot Notes, Reference, Bibliography, Indexes,
Appendixes
10. Tools of Legal Research: Library, Books, Law Reports, Law Commission Reports,
Legislative and Constitutional Assembly Reports, Computer/Internet
11. Legal Research and Law Reforms: Role of Judges and Jurists, Recommendations of
Commissions and Committees etc.
12. Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement
13. How to write a Dissertation/ Thesis