Applying New Method to Analysis of Legal Cases - Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870447
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: New fields of law; Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: MORI Daisuke 熊本大学, 法学部, 准教授 (40436499)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 質的比較分析 / QCA / ブール代数 / 判例研究 / ファジィ集合

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In recent years, empirical analyses based on statistical techniques have become popular among researches in various academic fields of human and social sciences. However, in legal fields, these empirical analyses are not popular. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), which is used in some fields such as comparative sociology, might change this trend in legal fields. QCA is a data analysis technique that explore necessary conditions and sufficient ones to produce outcomes. This study aims to apply the new data analysis technique, QCA, to legal case studies. More specifically, we analyze legal cases about right to counsel in Supreme Court of the United States and demonstrate that QCA is useful for legal case studies.

Free Research Field

法社会学