A mathematical approach to the study of the United States Code

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4195-4200

  Bommarito II, Michael J ^a   Katz, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation network; Computational legal studies; Hierarchical network; Language; United States Code

Indexed keywords

CITATION NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES; HIERARCHICAL NETWORK; LANGUAGE; UNITED STATES CODE;

PHYSICS;

EID: 77955554533     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.05.057     Document Type: Article

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