Human beings counter the uncertainties of life and learn from such experiences. This inquisitiveness is applied as a pedagogy to acquire knowledge amounting to be the research. Any scientific enquiry into new facts of any discipline. Generally, research is a journey from the known to the unknown deemed to be the voyage of discovery. It originally contributes to the existing stock of knowledge and its advancement. This truth is pursued for comparison, analysis and experiment. Law is systematically studied through doctrinal and non doctrinal research methods. Socio-legal studies will analyze the impact of law on the social system. This paper explores into the fundamentals, philosophy, corelating forms of legal research methods.