Method, Material And Source Criticism By Göran Inger
3. Method, Material and Source Criticism
In this section the process of choosing cases will be presented. The method that was used will be included, as well as its pros and cons. Furthermore, the material will be described and a source criticism will be combined with this.
3.1 Comparative Method
Comparative analysis means to weight two or more different aspects against each other in order to find similarities and differences. Within comparative analysis there is something that is called “lens” comparison, which means that when the researcher weigh A less heavily and uses A as the framework for understanding B, it changes the way the researcher views B. This is useful for “illuminating, critiquing, or challenging the stability of a thing that, …show more content…
Even though the books are a few years old, it does not affect much the accuracy. In both of these books the society changes occurs in similar patterns throughout history. The aspects to why society and the law changes are more often than not always the same. That way the accuracy is not affected by this few years between the publishing year and present day.
Sten Holmberg is a Doctor of Law and a social worker. The content in the source written by him is mostly facts. However, his own opinions can shine through sometimes. The goal is to present facts.
The other author is Göran Inger who was a swedish legal historian, theologian and a priest. In his book the reader can find many valuable facts and an easy system to read about the history. His own opinions are few, however, since he was a priest and religion assumably had a big impact on his life, the facts chosen to be presented in the book could be from a religious point of view. There was many sections about the church, family and marriage in the book, for example.
The information in both of the books are mostly presented for students that study legal history, as well as for those who has an interest knowing about legal history, for example: politicians, lawyers
In this section the process of choosing cases will be presented. The method that was used will be included, as well as its pros and cons. Furthermore, the material will be described and a source criticism will be combined with this.
3.1 Comparative Method
Comparative analysis means to weight two or more different aspects against each other in order to find similarities and differences. Within comparative analysis there is something that is called “lens” comparison, which means that when the researcher weigh A less heavily and uses A as the framework for understanding B, it changes the way the researcher views B. This is useful for “illuminating, critiquing, or challenging the stability of a thing that, …show more content…
Even though the books are a few years old, it does not affect much the accuracy. In both of these books the society changes occurs in similar patterns throughout history. The aspects to why society and the law changes are more often than not always the same. That way the accuracy is not affected by this few years between the publishing year and present day.
Sten Holmberg is a Doctor of Law and a social worker. The content in the source written by him is mostly facts. However, his own opinions can shine through sometimes. The goal is to present facts.
The other author is Göran Inger who was a swedish legal historian, theologian and a priest. In his book the reader can find many valuable facts and an easy system to read about the history. His own opinions are few, however, since he was a priest and religion assumably had a big impact on his life, the facts chosen to be presented in the book could be from a religious point of view. There was many sections about the church, family and marriage in the book, for example.
The information in both of the books are mostly presented for students that study legal history, as well as for those who has an interest knowing about legal history, for example: politicians, lawyers