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Thomas Smith has written an article recently titled "The Web of Law" -
see http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=642863

Smith, Thomas A.C., "The Web of Law" (Spring 2005). San Diego Legal
Studies Research Paper No. 06-11. http://ssrn.com/abstract=642863

(full paper available for free from the above website)

He released this to the web a while back to get comments, I think this
is an updated/edited version of what he had released earlier in the
year. His study was conducted with the assistance of Lexis/Nexis and
involved the full citation index of US case law going back 200+ years
along with a subset looking at just Supreme Court cases.

(I blogged about this paper on MeshForum -
http://www.meshforum.org/archives/links_network_examples/networks_and_th
e_law.html)

Shannon

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Does anyone know of any studies of network structures in law--citations
or
authorities--beyond these:

Harris, Peter. 1982. "Structural Change in the Communication of
Precedent
among State Supreme Courts, 1870-1970." Social Networks 4(3):201-212.

Harris, Peter. 1985. ?Ecology and Culture in the Communication of
Precedent among State Supreme Courts, 1870-1970.? Law and Society Review
19(3):449-480.

Thanks,
Lin Freeman

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