L039;valuation de la recherche en droit Assessing research in law

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Les juristes ont traditionnellement eacute;valueacute; la qualiteacute; de leur production scientifique en recourant agrave; des meacute;thodes plutocirc;t qualitatives que bibliomeacute;triques, agrave; lrsquo;abri drsquo;une trop forte concurrence internationale. Subissant lrsquo;influence des sciences dites exactes, ils sont deacute;sormais pousseacute;s agrave; suivre le modegrave;le eacute;valuatif et compeacute;titif de ces derniegrave;res. Or une telle eacute;volution ne va pas de soi. Mecirc;me si la science juridique srsquo;est fortement internationaliseacute;e et europeacute;aniseacute;e, le cadre national et reacute;gional du droit, du moins du droit interne, constitue un frein puissant agrave; une concurrence entre chercheuses et chercheurs agrave; lrsquo;exteacute;rieur des frontiegrave;res nationales.Les enjeux, de taille, ne se reacute;duisent pas agrave; lrsquo;aspect financier. Les meacute;thodes et les critegrave;res utiliseacute;s pour eacute;valuer la recherche ne vont-ils pas influencer la nature mecirc;me de celle-ci Sont-ils adapteacute;s aux caracteacute;ristiques de la recherche en droit Les effets incitatifs reacute;sultant des proceacute;dures drsquo;eacute;valuation peuvent-ils ecirc;tre concilieacute;s avec la liberteacute; acadeacute;mique Les juristes ne sont-ils pas forceacute;s de redeacute;finir la notion mecirc;me de laquo; recherche raquo; en droit ou, pour le moins, drsquo;expliciter la meacute;thodologie juridique agrave; lrsquo;attention du monde scientifique et politique En reacute;ponse agrave; ces questions, cet ouvrage suggegrave;re quelques pistes de reacute;flexion, tant sur le plan theacute;orique que par le partage de diverses expeacute;riences internationales et nationales.Traditionally, research in law has been assessed within different national jurisdictions, based on methods that were more qualitative than quantitative, and not subject to international competition. Following a process initiated by natural sciencesrsquo; linear understanding of progress, legal scholars are now encouraged to engage in research assessment by measurement. Such a process is not self-evident. Although much more internationalized and europeanized over the past few years, legal research remains to a large extent focused on questions within a specific national or regional legal framework, which hinders competition between researchers on the international level.The questions at stake are not exclusively financial ones. Could methods and criteria commonly used to assess both qualitative and quantitative impact of research affect in its core the nature of research Do they fit to the characteristics of research in law Are these processes reconcilable with academic freedom Are legal scholars called to redefine the very notion of research in law or, at least, to better explain legal methodology to academia and politics By delving into these questions, this book suggests some avenues to be explored, from a theoretical viewpoint as well as by sharing different international and national perspectives.Version numu00e9rique disponible sur Strada lex BelgiqueVous u00eates abonnu00e9 Activez gratuitement la version numu00e9rique gru00e2ce au code pru00e9sent dans lu2019ouvrage.