Analytical Methodology of Political Law

• Author: Gregory Tardi
• Pages: 77-88

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Analytical Methodology of

Political Law

Introduction

Within each of the academic and professional domains feeding into

political law, that is law, public administration, and political science,

there exist well-established methodologies of research and analysis.

Considering that political law is intended to present a novel and

interdisciplinary approach, it must use new analytical methods that

deserve explanation. e objective is to analyze the role of law in

the conduct of public aairs. Political law addresses two questions.

e f‌irst is how, and to what extent, the D/democratic state is a law-

based entity. Of equal import is the second, which is to what extent

D/democratic legality is inf‌luenced by politics.

In their ground-breaking work, Introduction à l’histoire des relations

internationales,the French political scientists Pierre Renouvin and

Jean-Baptiste Duroselle f‌irst develop the concept of “forces pro fondes .”

By this phrase, they mean the foundational inf‌luences that give

shape to a system in politics. ey concentrate on international

relations, but their idea was later taken up by Alfred Grosser, who

mentions it in the context of political science more generally. Based

on the sense in which these scholars use the expression, the idea that

law, policy, and politics are each others’ forces p rofondes is inescapable.