Non-doctrinal research methods in environmental law / Paul Martin (Director of the Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England, Australia and co-chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Committee), Solange Teles da Silva (Professor of Sustainable Development Law, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil and Adjunct Professor, University of New England, Australia), Marcia Leuzinger (Professor of Environmental Law, Brasilia University, Brazil and Adjunct Professor, University of New England, Australia), Miriam Verbeek (Academic Editor and Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law), and Andrew Lawson (Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England, Armidale, Australia).

Contents: 1. Introduction: Non-doctrinal research methods in environmental law / Paul Martin
2. Non-doctrinal legal research to advance urban sustainability in the southern African context / Anél du Plessis
3. Objective evaluation of environmental law / Paul Martin and Solange Teles da Silva
4. Futures methods for environmental law research / Natalie P. Stoianoff, Paul Martin and Michelle Lim
5. Economics methods in non-doctrinal environmental law research / Michael Faure
6. Feminist methods in environmental law research / Solange Teles da Silva, Marcia Leuzinger and Patrícia Bertolin
7. The limits of social science research in environmental law analysis / Colin Crawford
8. Using adaptive theory and multi-modal case study methods in environmental law research / Cameron Holley, Amanda Kennedy, Alice Bleby and Carley Bartlett
9. Systems methods in non-doctrinal environmental law research / Paul Martin and J. B. Ruhl
10. Legislative argumentation: Study of the federal executive power decrees combating deforestation of the amazon rainforest from 2019 to 2020 / Mariana Barbosa Cirne and Lorene Souza
11. Sustaining ongoing environmental law research teams and programs / Paul Martin and Andrew Lawson
12. Bibliometric approaches in non-doctrinal research / Maria Luiza A Luz, Andrew Lawson and Paul Martin
13. Non-doctrinal methods: Fundamental challenges and possible directions / Paul Martin, Andrew Lawson, Solange Teles da Silva, Marcia Leuzinger and Miriam Verbeek
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