THE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LITERATURE AS A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHOD IN LAW

Abstract

The objective of this article is to present the systematic review of the literature as a method of scientific research in the area of ​​law, as well as to provide the legal researcher with a proposal of stages to conduct the systematic review in a research in the area of ​​law. First, the problem that hangs over research in the areas of law is addressed, that is, that the argumentative logic present in petitions and other pieces of the judicial process, often, is transported to scientific research in the area. Then, the systematic review of the literature is presented as a specific method that consists of the researcher's activity in locating, selecting and evaluating studies in a given area. Finally, the stages of development of a systematic literature review are described, converging to the interests of legal research. It is possible to verify that the scientific perspectives that open up to the researcher when opting for the systematic review of the literature allow the elaboration of broad and robust conclusions, the elaboration of syntheses and criticisms capable of identifying relationships, contradictions, gaps and inconsistencies, also enabling the development and evaluation of new theory, as well as providing strategies for practice and policy. The research method is deductive, with a qualitative approach and bibliographic procedure. As a result, it is evident the construction of a guide to carry out a systematic review of the literature by the researcher of law, capable of raising the scientific debate, since it favors the confrontation of ideas and frees the researcher from his personal, ideological, or even , lawyers on the researched topic.