Aspectos instrumentales y metodológicos de la investigación universitaria del Derecho del Trabajo

Resumen

Research carried out at Universities is, together teaching, the binomial of the main tasks University teaching staff are bound to cope with in its daily routine. There are plenty of published essays on University teaching but not so many focused on the instrumental and methodological aspects of research. This work paper discusses this last area, focusing especially on the particularities of law research, in general, and on Labour Law in particular. Firstly, attention is paid on the instrumental aspects of university research. On the one hand, emphasis is placed on the functions of research, its contribution to the improvement of University teaching and to scientific development and social progress as well. On the other hand, the work goes through the elements that, in the author’s opinion, contribute decisively to research quality. Secondly, the paper reflects on the methodological aspects of Labour Law research with a proposal based on the exegetical analysis of labour standards according the social reality on which they must be applied.