Work

State Supreme Courts: A Century of Style and Citation

Year: 1981

Type: article

Abstract: Appellate court opinions, carefully indexed and preserved in law libraries, are a tremendous resource for historians and social scientists. In the theory of the common law, these opinions are the law; they stand in the center of the legal system. Their power is enhanced by the common law doctrine that links them in a chain of influence and causation–the doctrine of precedent. Their precedential value means that they are also powerful resources for the practicing lawyer–often the basic material with which he works.

Source: Stanford Law Review

DOI: 10.2307/1228400

Authors: Lawrence M. Friedman, Robert A. Kagan, Bliss Cartwright, Stanton Wheeler

Institutions: University of California, Berkeley, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Stanford University, Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Judicial and Constitutional Studies

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W1489360941