Measuring Law Over Time: A Network Analytical Framework with an Application to Statutes and Regulations in the United States and Germany

How do complex social systems evolve in the modern world? This question lies at the heart of social physics, and network analysis has proven critical in providing answers to it. In recent years, network analysis has also been used to gain a quantitative understanding of law as a complex adaptive sys...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Physics
Main Authors:	Corinna Coupette, Janis Beckedorf, Dirk Hartung, Michael Bommarito, Daniel Martin Katz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Subjects:	legal complexity evolution of law quantitative legal studies empirical legal studies legal data science network analysis
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.658463/full