DEPD: GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF LAW

Abstract

The guidelines for the elaboration of research in the area of law (DEPD) emerged from the need to produce and present empirical research of quality and methodological rigor. The proposal in question is justified because it aims to provide academics and legal professionals with a protocol for the preparation and presentation of their studies that will help them to incorporate reliability, quality, precision and methodological transparency into their essays. For the elaboration of the DEPD, consultations were carried out in the literature specialized in scientific methodology. After obtaining the data, the DEPD was elaborated based on the proposal of items and sub-items that should be included from the initial structuring of the protocol to the consummation of the research. Nowadays it is noticeable that considerable studies that have been published among the most diverse areas of Law have a simply opinionated character. In addition, Science is not built on opinions, but on falsifiable hypotheses that are not to be confused with the first. Therefore, operating the DEPD proposed here will allow satisfying the need for standardization and incorporation of procedural transparency, trust and quality in the research produced in the area in question.