REFERRED BOOKS:
1) HNT: H. N. Tiwari, Legal Research Methodology (Allahabad Law Agency, Allahabad. 1st edn., Reprint 2008)
2) SRM: R. Myneni, Legal Research Methodology (Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad, 4th edn., Reprint 2010)
3) TKS: Tushar Kanti Saha, Texbook on Legal Methods. Legal Systems and Research. (Univarsal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2010)
4) W&B: P. L. Bhandarkar and T. S. Wilkinson, Methodology and Techniques of Social Research (Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 23rd Revised edn., 2010)
1. Evolutive: Study evolution (HNT5) (SRM13)
2. Explicative: Explain Nature and Scope (HNT5) (SRM14)
3. Exploratory: Explore unknown or little known concept (W&B102)
4. Identificatory: Identify beneficiary and targeted by Law (HNT5) (SRM14)
5. Case Study: Exhaustive and intensive study of a single unite (TKS2)
6. Critical: Study to find out merits and demerits to take some decision (TKS2) (HNT31) (HNT130) (SRM185)
7. Collative: Compare and Study two Laws in one Legal system on one Subject, (HNT6), to collate legal facts pertaining to a given situation e.g. Dictionary, digest, bibliographies (SRM15)
8. Comparative: Compare Laws in different Legal systems (TKS3) (HNT129) (SRM183)
9. Historical: Study of past to decide line of action in future (TKS2) (HNT20) (HNT31) (HNT123) (SRM180)
10. Statistical: collection of statistic to show the working of existing law (HNT31) (HNT130) (SRM184)
11. Impact Analysis: Impact of Law and Society on each other (HNT6) (SRM14)
12. Projective: find out degree of acceptance of any project/ new law etc by people (HNT6) (SRM14)
13. Interactive: study of the process of interactions between law and other factors or institutions in society (SRM14)
14. Diagnostic/Clinical: to find Why and What can be avoided by testing whether certain variables are associated (TKS3) (W&B110)
15. Descriptive: Describe present situation of Law on one point (TKS2) (HNT19) (W&B109)
16. Dialectic: