Researching legal geography: some methodological coordinates

Journal title RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Author/s Francesco Chiodelli
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/1
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 5-21 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa1-2025oa19487
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Legal geography has certain methodological peculiarities that make it useful to provide geographers with a ‘methodological compass’ to guide them in their legal-geographical explorations. After identifying the main force fields acting in legal geography, the article discusses the most appropriate research methods for each of these fields. These methods are seen as the outcome of a twofold shift away from the ordinary research techniques of human geography: adaptation and appropriation. Within this framework, a number of variations and deviations on specific themes and approaches are possible, as it is illustrated through the analysis of legal-geographical research on illegal phenomena.

Keywords: ; legal geography, research methods, methodology, law

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Francesco Chiodelli, Fare ricerca in geografia del diritto: alcune coordinate metodologiche in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 1/2025, pp 5-21, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa1-2025oa19487