UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI



FACULTY OF LAW

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AN LEGAL RESEARCH & WRITING

SELECTED REFERENCES, 2009

A: BOOKS

Philosophical Foundations of Research

1. Alexeyev, Sergei (1990): Socialism and Law: Law in Society (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

2. Engels, Frederick (1982): Dialectics of Nature (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

3. Kirwan, Christopher (1984): Aristotle’s Metaphysics (Clarendon Aristotle Series) (New York, Oxford University Press)

4. Kuhn, Thomas S. (1970): The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Chicago, U.C. Press)

5. Lakatos, Imre (1984): The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes (Cambridge, Cambridge U.P.)

6. Loose, John (1987): A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Oxford, Oxford University Press)

7. Marx, Karl and Engels, Frederick (1976): The German Ideology (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

8. Marx, Karl, Engels, Frederick and Lenin, Vladimir Illyich (1977): On Dialectical Materialism (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

9. Marx, Karl and Engels, Friedrich (1977): Selected Works, Vol. 2 (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

10. Marx, Karl and Engels, Friedrich (1977): Selected Works, Vol. 4 (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

11. Marx, Karl, Engels, Friedrich and Lenin, V.I. (1984): Marx, Karl, Engels, Friedrich and Lenin, V.I. (1984): On Historical Materialism (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

12. Mathiesen, Thomas (1980): Law, Society and Political Action: Towards a Strategy under Late Capitalism (London, Academic Press)

13. Miller, Diana (ed) (1974): The Political Economy of Capitalism (Moscow, Progress Publishers)

14. Oniang’o, Clement M. P. (1994): An Introduction to Philosophy (Nairobi, EAPH)

15. Popper, Karl R. (1968): The Logic of Scientific Discovery (New York, Harper

16. & Row Press)

17. Waddington, C. H. (1961): The Ethical Animal (New York, Atheneum)

Research in General

18. Adams, R.N. and Press J.J. (eds) (1960): Human Organisation Research: Field Relations and Techniques (Homewood, Illinois, The Dorsey Press)

19. Adler, Emily Stier and Clark, Roger (2003): How It’s Done: An Invitation to Social Research (Belmont, Wardsworth)

20. Awuondo, Casper Odegi (1994): Quantitative Research Methods: Introduction (Nairobi, Basic Books)

21. Bailey, K.D. (1982): Methods of Social Research (New York, Free Press)

22. Barbie, Earl (1994): The Practice of Social Research (Belmont, Wadsworth Publishing Co.)

23. Bernard, Russell H. (2000): Social Research Methods (Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications)

24. Bickman, Leonard (ed) (2000): Research Design (Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications)

25. Blalock, Jr., Hubert M. (1970): An Introduction to Social Research (New Jersey, Prentice Hall Inc.)

26. Bradley, E.F. and Denmead, O.T. (1967): The Collection and Processing of Field Data: a CSIRO Symposium (New York, Inter-Science Publications)

27. Brewerton, Paul and Millward, Lynne (2001): Organisational Research Methods: A Guide for Students and Researchers (London, SAGE Publications)

28. Bryman, Alan (2001): Social Research Methods (Oxford, Oxford U.P.)

29. Bulmer, M (ed) (1984): Sociological Research Methods (London, MacMillan)

30. Burgess, R.G. (1984): In the Field (London, Allen & Urwin)

31. Burton, Dawn (ed): (2000) Research Training for Social Scientists (London, SAGE Publications)

32. Bynner, J. and Stribely K.M. (eds) 1979): Social Research: Principles and Practice (London, Longman)

33. Carson, David, Gilmore, Audrey, Perry, Chad and Gronhaug, Kjell (2001): Qualitative Marketing Research (London, SAGE Publications)

34. Clough, Peter and Nutbrown, Cathy (2002): A Student’s Guide to Methodology: Justifying Enquiry (London, SAGE Publications)

35. Cooper, R. Donald and Schindler, Pamela S. (Seventh edition, 2003): Business Research Methods (Boston, McGraw-Hill & Irwin); (Sixth edition) (New Delhi, Tata McGraw-Hill)

36. Crabtree, Benjamin F. and Miller, William L. (1999): Doing Qualitative Research (Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications)

37. Darden, W.R., Monroe, K.B. and Dillon, W.R. (eds) (1983): Research Methods and Causal Modelling in Marketing (Chicago, American Marketing Association)

38. Dilman, Don A. (1978): Mail and Telephone Surveys (New York, John Wiley & Sons)

39. Douglas, Jack D. (1976): Investigative Social Research (Beverly Hills, Sage)

40. Drew, J.C. (1980): Introduction to Designing and Conducting Research (Toronto, C.V. Mosby Co.)

41. Emory, C. William (1980): Business Research Methods (Homewood, Illinois, Irwin Inc.)

42. Erdos, Paul (1970): Professional Mail Surveys (New York, McGraw-Hill)

43. Fadlalla, Bashir O.M. and Kiros, Fassil G. (1986): Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Quest for Relevant Approaches for Africa (Khartoum, Khartoum University Press)

44. Festinger, Leon and Katz, Daniel (eds) (1965): Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences (New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston)

45. Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava and Nachmias, David (1996): Research Methods in the Social Sciences (New York, St. Martins Press)

46. Friedrichs, Jurgen and Ludke, H. (1975): Participant Observation: Theory and Practice (Saxon Hse., Lexington Books)

47. Gomm, Roger, Hammersely, Martin and Foster, Peter (2002): Case Study Method (London, Sage Publications)

48. Green, Paul E., Tull, Donald S. and Albaum, Gerald (Fifth edition): Research for Marketing Decisions (New Delhi, Prentice-Hall India)

49. Hunsen, Morris H., Hurwitz, William N., Madow, William G. (1953): Sample Survey Methods and Theory (New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc)

50. Hoinville, Gerald and Jowell, R. (1985): Survey Research Practice (London, Heinemann)

51. Holloway, Wendy and Jefferson, Tony (2000): Doing Qualitative Research Differently: Free Association, Narrative and the Interview Method (London, SAGE Publications)

52. Kearl, Bryant (ed) (1976): Field Data Collection in the Social Sciences: Experiences in Africa and the Middle East (New York, ADC Inc.)

53. Kerlinger, Fred N. (2002): Foundations of Behavioural Research (New Delhi, Surjeet Publications for Holt, Rinehart & Winston)

54. Kothari, C.R. (1990): Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques (New Delhi, Wishwa Prakashan)

55. Lehmann, Donald (1989): Market Research and Analysis (Boston, Irwin)

56. Luck, David and Rubin, Ronald S. (1992): Market Research (New Delhi, Prentice-Hall India)

57. Mariampolski, Hy (2001): Qualitative Market Research: A Comprehensive Guide (Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications)

58. Moser, C.A. and Kalton, G. (1973): Survey Methods in Social Investigation (London, Heinemann Educational Books)

59. Mugenda, Olive M. and Mugenda, Abel G. (1999): Research Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative (ACTS Press, Nairobi)

60. Mutai, Benjamin (2000): How to Write Quality Research Proposal: A Complete and Simplified recipe (Edinburg, Thelley Publications)

61. Nassuima, N. Dankit Survey Sampling: Theory and Methods (Nairobi, Nairobi University Press)

62. Newman, L.M. (1973): Research Techniques and Presentation (Lancaster, University of Lancaster)

63. Ngechu, Mary (First Edn.): Understanding the Research Process: An Introduction (Nairobi, University of Nairobi)

64. Polonsky, Michael J., Waller, David S. (2005): Designing and Managing a Research Project (New Delhi, Sage Publications)

65. Pons, Valdo (ed) (1988): Introduction to Social Research (Dar-es-Salaam, Dept. of Sociology, U.o.D/University of Hull)

66. Pratt, Briant and Loios, Peter (1992): Choosing Research Methods: Data Collection for Development Workers (Oxfam, Oxford)

67. Prewitt, Kenneth (1980): Introductory Research Methodology: East African Applications (Occasional Paper No. 10) (Nairobi, IDS)

68. Saunders, Mark, Lewis, Philips and Thornhill, Adrian (Second edition): Research Methods for Business Students (N.Y., Prentice-Hall)

69. Sayre, Shay (2001): Qualitative Methods for Marketplace Research (Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications)

70. Schutt, Russell, K. (1996): Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research (California, Pine Forge Press)

71. Sekaran, Uma (2003): Research Methods for Business: A Skill-building Approach (Illinois, John Wiley & Sons)

72. Shakespeare, Pam, Atkinson, Dorothy and French, Sally (1997): Reflecting on Research Practice: Issues in Health and Social Welfare (Buckingham, Open University Press)

73. Silverman, David: Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (London, SAGE Publications)

74. Singh, Sukhminder, Bansal, M.L., Singh, Tejinder Pal and Kumar, Rakesh (1991, Reprint, 2001): Statistical Methods for Research Workers (New Delhi, Kalyani Publishers)

75. Sjoberg, Gideon and Nett, Roger (1968): Methodology for Social Research (New York, Harper & Row Press)

76. Thietart, Raymond Alain and 21 Others (1999): Doing Management Research: A Comprehensive Guide (London, SAGE Publications)

77. Usherwood, Tim (1996): Introduction to Project Management in Health Research: A Guide for New Researchers (Buckingham, Open University Press)

78. Walliman, Nicholas (2001): Your Research Project: A Step-by-step Guide for the First-time Researcher (London, SAGE Publications)

79. Wengraf, Tom (2002): Qualitative Research Interviewing: Biographic, Narrative and Semi-structured Methods (London, SAGE Publications)

80. United Nations: UN Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe, Conference of European Statisticians (Statistical Standards and Studies No 52, 2000): Guidelines for Statistical Metadata on the Internet (Geneva, United Nations)

Participatory and Action Research

81. Abbot, Pamel and Sapsford, Roger (Second Edition, 1997): Research into Practice: A Reader for Nurses and the Caring Profession (Buckingham, Open University Press)

82. Barnsley, Jan and Ellis, Diana (1987): An Introduction to Action Research (Press Gang Printers, Women’s Research Centre)

83. Bogdan, R. (1972): Participant Observation in Organisation of Society (Syracuse, Syracuse U.P.)

84. Brown, L. Dave and Alderfer C.P. (1975): Learning from Changing (London, Sage)

85. Chambers, Robert (1997): Whose Reality? Putting the First Last (London, Intermediate Technology Publications)

86. Chitere, Orieko and Mutiso, Roberta (eds): Working with Rural Communities: A Participatory Action Research in Kenya (Nairobi, Nairobi University Press)

87. Estrella, Marisol with Blauert, Jutta, Campilan, Dindo, Gaventa, John, Gonsalves, Julian, Guijt, Irene and Johnson, Deb (2000): Learning from Change: Issues and Experiences in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (London, Intermediate Technology Publications and International Development and Research Centre)

88. Fals-Borda, Orlando (1980): Theoretical Aspects of Participatory Action Research: Reflections on the Meaning and Role of Science in People's Participation (Paris, UNESCO)

89. Hall, Budd, Gillette, Arthur and Tandon, Rajesh (eds) (1982): Creating Knowledge: A Monopoly? (Toronto, PRIA)

90. Hart, Elizabeth and Bond, Meg (eds) (1999): Action Research for Health and Social Care: A Guide to Practice (Open University Press, Buckingham)

91. Kassam, Yusuf and Mustafa, Kemal (eds) (1982): Participatory Research: An Emerging Methodology in Social Science Research (Nairobi, SPRIA)

92. Maguire, Patricia (undated): Doing Participatory Research: A Feminist Approach (Amherst, Mass., Centre for International Education)

93. McCall, G.J. and Summons, J.L. (eds) (1969): Issues in Participant Observation: A Text and Reader (Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley)

94. Merriam, S. and Simpson, E. (1989): A Guide to Research for Educators and Trainers of Adults (Melbourne, Florida, Krieger Publishing Co. Inc.)

95. Narayan, Deepa (1996): Toward Participatory Research (Washington, D.C., The World Bank)

96. Spradley, J.P. (1980): Participant Observation (New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston)

97. UNESCO (1962): Social Research and Rural Life in Central America, Mexico and the Carribean Region (Bruges, Belgium, UNESCO)

98. Winter, Richard (1987): Action-Research and the Nature of Social Inquiry (Alderskot, Gower P. Co.)

Legal Research, Reasoning and Writing

99. Bentzon, Agnete Weis, Hellum, Anne, Stewart, Julie, Ncube, Welshman and Agersnap, Torben (1998): Pursuing Grounded Theory in Law: South-North Experiences in Developing Women’s Law (Oslo, Tano Aschehoug) (Harare, Mond Books)

100. Dunleavy, Patrick (2003): Authoring a PhD: How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation (New York, Palgrave Macmillan)

101. Holborn, Guy (1993): Butterworths Legal Research Guide (London, Butterworths & Co.)

102. Kunz, Christina L., Schmedemann, Deborah A., Erlinder, C. Peter, Downs, Mathew P. and Batteson, Ann L. (Second Edition): The Process of Legal Research (Boston, Little, Brown & Company)

103. Neumann, Richard K., Jr. (1990): Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy and Style (Little, Brown and Company)

104. Okoth-Okombo: A Student’s Guide to Writing and Study Skills (Nairobi, Nairobi University Press)

105. Tunkel, Victor (1992): Law-Finding and Problem-Solving (London, Blackstone Publishing Ltd)

Online Research

106. Mann, Chris and Stewart, Fiona (2002): Internet Communication and Qualitative Research: A Handbook for Researching Online (London, SAGE Publications)

107. Reader’s Digest (1999): Teach Yourself Computers, the Internet and Windows 98 Visually (Cape Town, Reader’s Digest)

B: ARTICLES

Philosophical Foundations of Research

1. Okech-Owiti (1994): ‘Law, Ideology and Development: Dialectics or Eclectics at Play?’, in Yash Vyas, Kivutha Kibwana, Okech-Owiti and Smokin Wanjala (eds): Law and Development in the Third World (Nairobi, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi)

Research in General

1. Dalen, van, Deobold B. (1979): ‘Analysis of the Problem’, in Understanding Educational Research: An Introduction (New York, McGraw Hill Books Ltd.)

2. Heyns, Roger W. and Zander, Alvin F. (1965): ‘Observations of Group Behaviour’, in Festinger and Katz (eds), 381-417

3. Okech-Owiti (1992): ‘Research Methodology: Research on Gender (Women’s) Issues in Law’, in Report on Women and Law in East Africa (Nairobi, WLEA) 105

4. Okech-Owiti (1995): ‘Research Strategies on Gender and Law’, in Janet Kabeberi-Macharia (ed): Women, Laws, Customs and Practices in East Africa: Laying the Foundation (Nairobi, WLEA), 1-18

Participatory and Action Research

5. Becker, H.S. and Geer, B. (1960): `Participant Observation: the Analysis of Qualitative Field Data', in Adams and Press

6. Brown, L. Dave (1982): `Ambiguities in Participatory Research', in Hall, Gillette and Tandon (eds), 203-9

7. Bryceson, Deborah; Manicom, Linzi and Kassam, Yusuf (1982)(1): `The Methodology of the Participatory Research Approach', in Kassam and Mustafa (eds), 67-82

8. Bryceson, Deborah and Mustafa, Kemal (1982)(2): `Participatory Research: Redefining the Relationship Between Theory and Practice', ibid., 87-109

9. Colorado, Pam (1988): ‘Bridging Native and Western Science’, Convergence, vol. XXI, No 2/3, 49-68

10. EADI Bulletin (1987): `Special Issue on Participatory Action Research', Journal of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, No. 1

11. Ellis, Patricia (1990): `Participatory Research Methodology and Process: Experience and Perspective of a Carribean Researcher', Convergence, vol. XXIII, No. 4, 23-34

12. Freire, Paulo (1982): `Creating Alternative Research Methods: Learning to Do It by Doing It', in Hall, Gillette and Tandon (eds), 13-26

13. Gaventa, John (1988): `Participatory Research in North America', Convergence, vol. XXI, No. 2/3, 19-27

14. Hall, Budd (1982): `Breaking the Monopoly of Knowledge: Research Methods, Participation and Development', in Hall, Gillette and Tandon (eds), 13-26

15. Marika, Raymattja; Ngurruwutthun, Dayngawa and White, Leon (1992): `Always Together, Yaka Gana: Participatory Research at Yirrkala as Part of the Development of a Yolngu Education', Convergence, vol. XXV, No. 1, 23-39

16. Mbilinyi, Majorie; Vuorela, Ulla; Kassam, Yusuf and Masisi, Yohana (1982): `The Politics of Research Methodology in the Social Sciences', in Kassam and Mustafa (eds), 34-63

17. Mellor, Mary (1988): `Ethics and Accountability: Participatory Research in a Worker Cooperative', Convergence, vol. XXI, No. 2/3, 73-81

18. de Oliveira, Rosisca Darcy and de Oliveira, Miguel Darcy (1982): `The Militant Observer: A Sociological Alternative', in Hall, Gillette and Tandon (eds), 41-60

19. Orefice, Paolo (1988): `Participant Observation in Southern Europe', Convergence, vol. XXI, No. 2/3, 39-46

20. Pausewang, S (1988); `"Participation" in Development Research: A Discussion Arising from Experience in Ethiopia', in PONS (ed), 550-561

21. Pilsworth, Michael and Ruddock, Ralph (1982): `Persons, Not Respondents: Alternative Approaches in Studying Social Processes', in Hall, Gillette and Tandon (eds), 63-75

22. Ruijter, Jose M. (1991): `Data Collection for Community Action - The Sentinel Site Experience in Angola', Convergence, vol. XXIV, No.4, 25-28

23. de Souza, Joao Francisco (1988): `A Perspective on Participatory Research in Latin America', Convergence, vol. XXI, No.2/3, 29-36

24. Ravindran, T.K. Sundari (undated): ‘Methodological Issues in Research on Women’s Health’ (mimeo)

25. Tandon, Rajesh (1988): `Social Transformation and Participatory Research', Convergence, vol. XXI, No. 2/3, 5-15

26. -------------------------- (1982): `A Critique of Monopolistic Research', in Hall,

Gillette and Tandon (eds), 79-84

Legal Research, Reasoning and Writing

27. Baldus, David C. et al. (2002): ‘Arbitrariness and Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty: A Legal and Empirical Analysis of the Nebraska Experience (1973-1999), 81 NEB. L. REV. No. 2 (2002), 486

28. Okech-Owiti (1995): ‘Legal Research for Public Awareness: A View’, UNLJ No. 3, 92-102

29. Robbennolt, Jennifer K. (2002): ‘Evaluating Empirical Research Methods: Using Empirical Research in Law and Policy’, 81 NEB. L. REV., No. 2 (2002) 777

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