I have come across a number of PhD thesis and Research articles where 'the data has been obtained from analysis of Arbitration cases, law cases or some other reports. Often such data collection and analysis is combined with expert opinion as well.
Should this method of data collection and/or analysis be called Case Study Research or some other method like (Content Analysis, Document Analysis, etc.).
By Case study research I understand methodology proposed by Robert Yin (Case Study Methodology), Eisenhardt, and few others.
Please suggest references for your comments. Thanks.