Archival study
To thoroughly reconstruct how the FCC affected legal discourse in three selected case studies (Belgium, Polish territories, and Germany), we will consult the following sources: Any form of publication by authors commenting on or referring to substantive or formal issues regarding the FCC like monographs, textbooks, articles or collections of court judgments, etc. Codification projects and reports of parliamentary debates on codification. Materials of governmental bodies concerning partial reforms of the commercial law.
Discourse Network Analysis
The DNA is a mixed-methods technique that combines qualitative content analysis with quantitative social network analysis. This technique can be used to study the development of actors and coalitions not only in policy debates but in other kinds of discussions over time-based on text data as well . Unlike social network analysis, it especially allows not only to capture the network structure but also network content.
Framework Analysis
The feature that differentiates the FA from many other qualitative analysis techniques is its use of a matrix output that enables team members to systematically analyze data not only by participants but also by detected themes. In the final phase of applying the FA, the team members take the themes and subthemes found in the materials and assign a label (a short word or phrase) to each one. As the outcome of this stage is a detailed index which serving the researchers who will divide collected material into manageable portions and label those sections with themes and sub-themes developed in the previous step.
