Section 3: Results by Fields of Research Code

18 Law and Legal Studies

Law and Legal Studies is comprised of the following four-digit codes:

1801 Law
1802 Maori Law
1899 Other Law and Legal Studies

13 out of 30 two-digit UoEs and 14 out of 30 four-digit UoEs assessed were rated above world standard

FoR Overview

Law and Legal Studies (18) contributed approximately two per cent of the research outputs to ERA 2015. Journal articles were the main research output type (64 per cent) followed by book chapters (29 per cent). Law (1801) accounted for the majority of all research outputs, research income and staff FTE in the discipline.

Indicator	No.
Research outputs	10,252.5
Research income	$75,699,347
FTEs	1,339.2
Esteem count	65.4
Patents	-
Research commercialisation income	-

Rating	Distribution
Rating	Two-digit	Four-digit
5	5	5
4	8	9
3	12	11
2	5	5
1	0	0
Total	30	30

Number of UoEs per rating scale score

Stacked bar chart showing the total number of UoEs by rating scale score (i.e. ratings 1-5) for all four-digit Law and Legal Studies codes. This chart includes data for two-digit and four-digit evaluations. Further details are located in each of the tables below the sub heading at the start of each four-digit code in this section.

Note: 18 Law and Legal Studies shows assessed two-digit UoEs only.

Research outputs submitted by type

FoR code	Book	Book Chapter	Journal Article	Conference Paper	NTRO	Total
1801 Law	423.6	2,867.0	6,393.4	176.0	175.0	10,035.1
1802 Maori Law	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1899 Other Law and Legal Studies	2.0	58.7	126.2	30.5	0.0	217.4
Total	425.6	2,925.7	6,519.7	206.5	175.0	10,252.5

Research income by year-all categories ($)

Stacked bar chart showing total research income for all HERDC income categories by year for 2011, 2012, and 2013 for each four-digit code in Law and Legal Studies - 1801, 1802 and 1899. Full details are outlined in the following table.

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
1801 Law	22,176,731	26,202,097	27,054,020	75,432,849
1802 Maori Law	0	0	0	0
1899 Other Law and Legal Studies	161,549	74,141	30,808	266,498
Total	22,338,280	26,276,239	27,084,829	75,699,347

Staffing profile by academic level

FoR code	Level E	Level D	Level C	Level B	Level A	Other FTE	Total
1801 Law	272.1	204.1	320.5	352.1	63.4	31.1	1,243.2
1802 Maori Law	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.2
1899 Other Law and Legal Studies	7.7	4.0	21.0	41.1	18.3	1.7	93.8
Total	279.8	208.1	341.6	393.2	82.6	33.8	1,339.2