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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Law D-index 23 Citations 2,476 154 World Ranking 321 National Ranking 38

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Awards & Achievements

2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Common law
  • Social science

William Twining focuses on Law, Jurisprudence, Philosophy of law, Epistemology and Legal history. He is interested in Common law, which is a field of Law. His study in Jurisprudence is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Discipline, Realism, Subject, Narrative and Argumentation theory.

His Philosophy of law research integrates issues from Movement and Legal research, Legal profession, Empirical legal studies, Legal realism. His work deals with themes such as Criminal investigation, Circumstantial evidence, Real evidence and Trial practice, which intersect with Epistemology. His work is dedicated to discovering how Legal history, Comparative law are connected with Positivism and other disciplines.

His most cited work include:

  • Globalisation and legal theory (128 citations)
  • General Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective (120 citations)
  • Analysis of Evidence (106 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

William Twining mainly focuses on Law, Jurisprudence, Epistemology, Philosophy of law and Legal education. His Law and Legal profession, Comparative law, Legal history, Common law and Empirical legal studies investigations all form part of his Law research activities. The Empirical legal studies study combines topics in areas such as Legal pluralism and Legal realism.

His research investigates the connection between Jurisprudence and topics such as Realism that intersect with issues in Cheyenne. As part of one scientific family, he deals mainly with the area of Epistemology, narrowing it down to issues related to the Context, and often Media studies. His study in Law and economics extends to Philosophy of law with its themes.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Law (52.56%)
  • Jurisprudence (26.92%)
  • Epistemology (14.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2020)?

  • Law (52.56%)
  • Jurisprudence (26.92%)
  • Philosophy of law (12.82%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Law, Jurisprudence, Philosophy of law, Globalization and Epistemology. His Jurisprudence study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Context, Literature, Realism and Legal history. In Legal history, William Twining works on issues like Comparative law, which are connected to Indian Penal Code, Appeal and Social science.

As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Philosophy of law, concentrating on Legal realism and intersecting with Sociology of law. In his work, Legal scholarship is strongly intertwined with Political economy, which is a subfield of Globalization. The concepts of his Epistemology study are interwoven with issues in Praise, Rhetoric and Interpretation.

Between 2009 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Normative and Legal Pluralism: A Global Perspective (63 citations)
  • Evidence, Inference and Enquiry (19 citations)
  • Interpretation and application (18 citations)

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