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Yellow Flag Fever: Describing Negative Legal Precedent In Citators, Aaron S. Kirschenfeld Dec 2015

Yellow Flag Fever: Describing Negative Legal Precedent In Citators, Aaron S. Kirschenfeld

Aaron Kirschenfeld

This study analyzes the accuracy with which descriptions of subsequent negative treatment are applied by online citators. A system making use of a hierarchical controlled vocabulary applying these descriptions appears marginally more accurate, but the citator’s traditional role in legal research must be reconceptualized.