Case studies, surveys, naturalistic observation, and laboratory observation are examples of descriptive or correlational research methods.Using these methods, researchers can describe different events, experiences, or behaviors and look for links between them.ase studies, surveys, naturalistic observation, and laboratory observation are examples of descriptive or correlational research methods.
Posted with permission of the author.Follow this and additional works at:http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/fwps_papersPart of theCivil Law Commons,Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, and theConstitutional Law Commons Louis Michael Seidman, ON CONSTITUTIONAL DISOBEDIENCE (Oxford University Press,forthcoming).
The term âcivil disobedienceâ was coined by Henry David Thoreau in his 1848 essay to describe his refusal to pay the state poll tax implemented by the American government to prosecute a war in Mexico and to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.