Abstract
ABSTRACT This article focuses on the difficulties encountered by socio-legal researchers in approaching questions on law and history, with particular reference to choosing adequate methodologies. Drawing on her personal experience in researching colonial laws and questions on indigeneity, the author outlines established lines of thought while suggesting new ways of interpreting historical material. An argument is made for applying a legal lens to historical discourses for the unique insight that may be derived from such study. Certain pitfalls in socio-legal research are highlighted, including perspective and positioning in post-colonial scholarship. The author supplies examples from her research on Mauritius as an illustration of how such an approach can be coherently applied to a chosen topic. The article concludes with recommendations for future legal research in the area of colonialism and its legacies.
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