A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book

From interdisciplinary to x-disciplinary methodology of international law




AuthorsKorhonen Outi

EditorsRossana Deplano, Nicholas Tsagourias

Publishing placeCheltenham

Publication year2021

Book title Research Methods in International Law

Series titleHandbooks of Research Methods in Law series

First page 346

Last page366

Number of pages20

ISBN978-1-78897-235-2

eISBN978-1-78897-236-9

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972369.00031

Web address https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-methods-in-international-law-9781788972352.html


Abstract

This chapter maintains that the idea that there always are inherent dynamics, overlaps and osmoses between disciplines. Accordingly, it argues against holding a hard-core attitude towards interdisciplinarity as something with which to ‘discipline’ ourselves or others. Instead, it presents interdisciplinarity as an unavoidable, organic manifestation of our dynamically evolving cognition and epistemic faculties - much like language, epistemology or culture. The chapter begins with an overview of the importance of discussing interdisciplinary or its corollary ‘x-disciplinary’ methodology in context of the research methodologies of international law. It then evaluates the dual purpose of providing for scientificity and for the ‘instructions manual’ of legal research and what it requires from interdisciplinary methodology in the field of international law. Finally, it problematizes the concept of interdisciplinarity in reference to notions of trans-, bi-, multi-, anti- and post-disciplinarity. It concludes by assessing the transformative concept of x-disciplinarity.



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