Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Fábio Ferraz de
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito
Texto Completo: https://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/23
Resumo: This paper discusses the practical aspects of performing empirical research in judicial institutions, based on my ethnography on the trial by jury in the city of Juiz de Fora/MG. First, I explain how I chose the object of study and formulated the research questions. Next, I present my fieldwork, showing what guided me and in which direction. In this part, I describe the main obstacles found during the course of this research. Thereafter, I comment on how the idea to do interviews emerged, how I performed them, which problems I needed to solve and how I treated such data. Thus, I propose to discuss the empirical research not by its results but based on the process by which it was socially constructed. 
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spelling Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in BrazilAspectos práticos da pesquisa empírica em direito: uma discussão a partir da experiência etnográfica no Tribunal do JúriMetodologiaTribunal do júriEtnografiaMethodologyTrial by juryEthnographyThis paper discusses the practical aspects of performing empirical research in judicial institutions, based on my ethnography on the trial by jury in the city of Juiz de Fora/MG. First, I explain how I chose the object of study and formulated the research questions. Next, I present my fieldwork, showing what guided me and in which direction. In this part, I describe the main obstacles found during the course of this research. Thereafter, I comment on how the idea to do interviews emerged, how I performed them, which problems I needed to solve and how I treated such data. Thus, I propose to discuss the empirical research not by its results but based on the process by which it was socially constructed. Neste artigo, estou fundamentalmente interessado em discutir os aspectos práticos da pesquisa de campo em instituições jurídicas, a partir da experiência etnográfica no Tribunal do Júri em Juiz de Fora/MG. Primeiramente, explico como se deu a definição do objeto e a construção do problema de pesquisa. Em seguida, faço uma apresentação da pesquisa de campo, mostrando o que me guiou e em que direção. Nesta parte, procuro abordar os principais obstáculos à pesquisa encontrados ao longo do percurso. Conjuntamente, tento comentar como surgiu a ideia das entrevistas, como as realizei, quais foram as inquietações e como tratei os dados dessa natureza. O que proponho é, portanto, discutir a pesquisa empírica não a partir dos seus resultados, mas do processo pela qual ela foi construída.Rede de Estudos Empíricos em Direito2014-07-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionEmpirical qualitative research; EthnographyPesquisa empírica qualitativa; Etnografiaapplication/pdfhttps://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/2310.19092/reed.v1i2.23Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies; Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014): Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal StudiesRevista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito; v. 1 n. 2 (2014): Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito2319-081710.19092/reed.v1i2reponame:Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direitoinstname:Rede de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito (REED)instacron:RPEDporhttps://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/23/22Almeida, Fábio Ferraz deinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2020-07-05T16:25:12Zoai:ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/23Revistahttps://reedrevista.org/reedONGhttps://reedrevista.org/reed/oaimvchein@gmail.com||reed.revista@gmail.com2319-08172319-0817opendoar:2020-07-05T16:25:12Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito - Rede de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito (REED)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
Aspectos práticos da pesquisa empírica em direito: uma discussão a partir da experiência etnográfica no Tribunal do Júri
title Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
spellingShingle Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
Almeida, Fábio Ferraz de
Metodologia
Tribunal do júri
Etnografia
Methodology
Trial by jury
Ethnography
title_short Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
title_full Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
title_fullStr Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
title_sort Practical aspects of empirical legal studies: a discussion based on an ethnography of a trial by jury in Brazil
author Almeida, Fábio Ferraz de
author_facet Almeida, Fábio Ferraz de
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Almeida, Fábio Ferraz de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Metodologia
Tribunal do júri
Etnografia
Methodology
Trial by jury
Ethnography
topic Metodologia
Tribunal do júri
Etnografia
Methodology
Trial by jury
Ethnography
description This paper discusses the practical aspects of performing empirical research in judicial institutions, based on my ethnography on the trial by jury in the city of Juiz de Fora/MG. First, I explain how I chose the object of study and formulated the research questions. Next, I present my fieldwork, showing what guided me and in which direction. In this part, I describe the main obstacles found during the course of this research. Thereafter, I comment on how the idea to do interviews emerged, how I performed them, which problems I needed to solve and how I treated such data. Thus, I propose to discuss the empirical research not by its results but based on the process by which it was socially constructed. 
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