Law as Data : Computation, Text, & the Future of Legal Analysis

Michael A Livermore

ISBN 10: 1947864130 / ISBN 13: 9781947864139

Published by Santa Fe Institute Of Science Jun 2019, 2019

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Neuware - In recent years, the digitization of legal texts and developments in the fields of statistics, computer science, and data analytics have opened entirely new approaches to the study of law. This volume explores the new field of computational legal analysis, an approach marked by its use of legal texts as data. The emphasis herein is work that pushes methodological boundaries, either by using new tools to study longstanding questions within legal studies or by identifying new questions in response to developments in data availability and analysis.By using the text and underlying data of legal documents as the direct objects of quantitative statistical analysis, Law as Data introduces the legal world to the broad range of computational tools already proving themselves relevant to law scholarship and practice, and highlights the early steps in what promises to be an exciting new approach to studying the law.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Law as Data : Computation, Text, & the Future of Legal Analysis
• Publisher: Santa Fe Institute Of Science Jun 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1947864130
• ISBN 13: 9781947864139
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 35D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1014 grams

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Synopsis

In recent years, the digitization of legal texts and developments in the fields of statistics, computer science, and data analytics have opened entirely new approaches to the study of law. This volume explores the new field of computational legal analysis, an approach marked by its use of legal texts as data. The emphasis herein is work that pushes methodological boundaries, either by using new tools to study longstanding questions within legal studies or by identifying new questions in response to developments in data availability and analysis.

By using the text and underlying data of legal documents as the direct objects of quantitative statistical analysis, Law as Data introduces the legal world to the broad range of computational tools already proving themselves relevant to law scholarship and practice, and highlights the early steps in what promises to be an exciting new approach to studying the law.