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Síťová analýza v právu: Síťové metody a jejich využití pro získávání a vyhledávání právních informací
Network Analysis in Law: Network Methods and Their Use for Legal Information Retrieval

Author(s): Tereza Novotná
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Library and Information Science, Civil Law, Cataloguing, Classification, Library operations and management, Electronic information storage and retrieval, Other
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Network Analysis; Legal Information Searching; Statistical Methods in Law; Visualization of Legal Information

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to provide an overview of the use of network analysis methods in law and to discuss the use of these methods for legal information retrieval. For this purpose, it contains the theoretical basis for the functioning of network analysis, but the focus of the article lies more in the categorization of ways of using this method in the application to legal sources. The purpose of the overview is to emphasize the differences of this method from other statistical methods and especially to highlight its advantages. Based on these conclusions, the author discusses the suitability of using network methods for easier and more generally accessible legal information retrieval and suggests some specific methods of how network analysis could help in working with legal information.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 39-76
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Czech