'CITATION ANALYSIS' in legal research can be used for:
Aonly counting (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research)
Bonly translating (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research)
Conly summarising (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research) (cf. Citation analysis in legal research)
DTRACING DOCTRINAL EVOLUTION (which cases cite which); IDENTIFYING SEMINAL DECISIONS; MEASURING IMPACT of judges and scholars; NETWORK ANALYSIS of legal authority; assisting STARE DECISIS research
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. TRACING DOCTRINAL EVOLUTION (which cases cite which); IDENTIFYING SEMINAL DECISIONS; MEASURING IMPACT of judges and scholars; NETWORK ANALYSIS of legal authority; assisting STARE DECISIS research
1. CITATION ANALYSIS in legal research has multiple applications:
2. (i) TRACING DOCTRINAL EVOLUTION — which cases cite which; how doctrines develop;
3. (ii) IDENTIFYING SEMINAL DECISIONS — heavily cited landmarks;
4. (iii) MEASURING IMPACT of judges, scholars, decisions (judicial citation indices);
5. (iv) NETWORK ANALYSIS — citation graphs as social network structures;
6. (v) STARE DECISIS RESEARCH — verifying authority and treatment of precedents;
7. (vi) ASSESSING JUDICIAL ELITES — which judges are most cited;
8. (vii) COMPARATIVE STUDY — citations across jurisdictions.
9. TOOLS:
10. (i) WESTLAW KEYCITE, LEXISNEXIS SHEPARD'S — verify case status;
11. (ii) MANUPATRA / SCC ONLINE history features;
12. (iii) Custom databases for empirical research.
13. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Citation analysis in legal research_
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