The Intersections in Legal Research: Intercade Between Normative and Social Methods

Abstract

It is need a differentiation by clear indicators between legal research and social research. This is because research has an important role in the development of science which is developed through a scientific research process. Based on this background, the research discusses how are the characteristics of legal research and the characteristics of social research? And how to distinguish between legal research and social research? The method used in this research is doctrinal law research methodology and literature study. The data used in this research is secondary data, which comes from the results of a literature search conducted. The results of the research shows that generally, it is known that legal research includes normative and empirical legal research. Meanwhile, social research based on the development of two research approaches, namely quantitative and qualitative research. Legal research methods and social research methods have their own characteristics that make them different from one another. The difference between legal research methods and social research methods lies in the object of research, which the object of legal research methods is law, and the object of social research methods are concerned with empirical truth. The method of legal research cannot be classified in the social research because of the unique workings of legal research and the scientific system that is different from other disciplines. However, despite the various differences between legal research methods and social research methods, these two methods still have links that can be unified through the socio-legal approach.