Investigación cualitativa crítica y derecho: análisis de su rol en la academia chilena y un estudio de caso

Katherinne Becerra

doi:10.5354/0719-5885.2020.55375

Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

Critical qualitative research and law

Authors

Katherinne Becerra Universidad Católica del Norte

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2020.55375

Abstract

This paper proposes the use of critical qualitative research in Law, based on intellectual and action elements, which change the process of research. This process becomes more concrete, creates new research questions and focuses on the social role of Law, offering new practices and interventions in society. This approach moves away from the rational research, founded on the legal positivism, that is usual in the discipline. Conversely, this proposal uses the empirical methodology of researching. The argument of this paper states that critical qualitative inquiry is rarely used by national academia, with only some exceptions to the general rule. The empirical evidence uses two levels of analysis. In a general dimension, there was a review of two of the most prominent legal journals in the country. On the other hand, in a more specific dimension, there was one case study: the opinion of scholars from the Juridical Science Faculty at the Universidad Católica del Norte (FCJ-UCN).

Keywords:

Scientific legal research, academia, critical qualitative research, law

Author Biography

Katherinne Becerra, Universidad Católica del Norte

Abogada. Doctora en Ciencia Política por la Universidad de Missouri-Columbia., Estados Unidos de América. Licenciada en Ciencias Jurídicas y Magíster en Derecho por la Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile. Magíster en Pedagogía Universitaria por la Universidad Mayor, Chile. Profesora Asistente de la Facultad de Ciencias

Jurídicas de la Universidad Católica del Norte, Sede Coquimbo, Chile. Correo Electrónico: kbecerra@ucn.cl y katherinebecerravaldivia@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2329-705X

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Becerra, K. (2020). Critical qualitative research and law: analysis of its role in the Chilean academy and a case study. Revista Pedagogía Universitaria Y Didáctica Del Derecho, 7(1), 149–176. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2020.55375