Jusletter IT

Network Analysis in Law: A Literature Overview and Research Agenda

  • Author: Tereza Novotná
  • Category: Articles
  • Region: Czech Republic
  • Field of law: Advanced Legal Informatics Systems and Applications, LegalTech
  • Collection: Conference proceedings IRIS 2019
  • Citation: Tereza Novotná, Network Analysis in Law: A Literature Overview and Research Agenda, in: Jusletter IT 21. February 2019
Application of network analysis in legal domain is not a new approach, however it has noted an increased interest past two years. As the network analysis methods are widely adopted in legal domain, it is the aim of this review to provide an overview of the most current efforts in this field. This review methodologically and temporely builds on the previous review of Whalen’s from 2016. Firstly, this article adresses data sample issue and the importance of complexity of datasets. In the second part it shows some repetitive trends appearing in current network analysis research results and its interpretation.

Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Framework for review: Whalen’s Legal Networks
  • 2.1. Data
  • 2.2. Techniques
  • 3. Review methodology and included works
  • 4. Remarks on methodology of reviewed works
  • 4.1. Data sample and technology
  • 4.2. Results and interpretion
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 6. References

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