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  • Legal Positivism

    Legal Positivism in the law of the United StatesLegal Positivism: Related U.S. ResourcesLegal Positivism in the American Law Encyclopediahttp://lawi.us/tag/judicial-functio…

  • Legal Positivism

    Legal Positivism in the law of the United StatesLegal Positivism: Related U.S. ResourcesLegal Positivism in the American Law Encyclopediahttp://lawi.us/tag/judicial-functio…

  • Positivism

    Positivism

    Positivism in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of positivism.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading positivism in A Dictionary of […]

  • Methodology

    Definition of Methodology The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Methodology: The study or critique of methods. There are many philosophical issues around the use of a particular method or about positivism or measurement itself. Methodology: Resources […]

  • Enlightenment

    Definition of Enlightenment [project] The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Enlightenment [project]: In order to understand what postmodernism is about it is essential to understand what modernity means for the social sciences and this is linked […]

  • Quantitative Research

    Definition of Quantitative Research The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Quantitative Research: Research using methods allowing for the measurement of variables within a collection of people or groups and resulting in numerical data subjected to […]

  • Quantitative Research

    Definition of Quantitative Research The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Quantitative Research: Research using methods allowing for the measurement of variables within a collection of people or groups and resulting in numerical data subjected to […]

  • Criminal Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Criminal law Meaning of Criminal law That branch of jurisprudence which treats of crimes and offenses. Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

  • Verstehen

    Definition of Verstehen The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Verstehen: Associated with the writing of Max Weber (1864-1920), verstehen is now seen as a concept and a method central to a rejection of positivistic social science (although Weber appeared […]

  • Qualitative Research

    Definition of Qualitative Research The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Qualitative Research: Research using methods such as participant observation or case studies which result in a narrative, descriptive account of a setting or practice. Sociologists […]

  • Epistemology

    Definition of Epistemology The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Epistemology: The study of knowledge and of how we know. All science, since it is concerned with verification and proving or disproving, must make assumptions about how we know. All […]

  • Postmodern

    Definition of Postmodern The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Postmodern: A difficult term to grasp and having somewhat different significance in architecture, literary criticism and art than in the social sciences. In social theory it is best seen as […]

  • Empirical Evidence

    Definition of Empirical Evidence The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Empirical Evidence: Evidence that can be observed through the senses, it can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, tasted and, to some extent, measured. This is the only form of evidence […]

  • Empiricism

    Definition of Empiricism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Empiricism: The philosophical belief that sensory input (seeing, touching, hearing, etc.) is the sole source and test of knowledge. See: EPISTEMOLOGY / POSITIVISM in this legal dictionary […]

  • Ethnographic Research

    Definition of Ethnographic Research The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Ethnographic Research: Uses participant observation as a tool for gathering information and is a form of what is termed qualitative research in contrast to quantitative research […]