This book is a concise practical guide to some of the most relevant ways of thinking and doing international legal research today. It is designed to help students and early career researchers to get acquainted with the theory and practice of a selection of non-doctrinal modes of legal research that include feminist international law, critical international law and TWAIL, complemented with qualitative methods of empirical legal research. The book also encourages a meaningful dialogue with traditional doctrinal styles of legal research. The book’s most innovative aspect is its practical, learner-centred approach, which focuses on the applied learning of the modes of research presented.

Juan J. Garcia Blesa (PhD) is senior research associate at the University of Hagen in Germany where he coordinates the international PhD training program in law. He teaches seminars on public international law and contemporary approaches to legal research. Juan's current research interests focus on the relationship between human rights and international economic law in international dispute settlement mechanisms. He also holds a long-standing interest in matters relating to critical legal scholarship, rhetorical analysis of law and international legal cultures. Juan has also led a number of international academic projects for external organizations such as the Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the EU Commission.