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9 papers
CompLex: legal systems through the lens of complexity science
Pierpaolo Vivo, Daniel M. Katz, J. B. Ruhl
While "complexity science" has achieved significant successes in several interdisciplinary fields such as economics and biology, it is only a very recent observation that legal sys…
Measuring Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act Over Space and Time
Van Tran, Aarushi Mehrotra, Marshini Chetty +3
The widespread sharing of consumers personal information with third parties raises significant privacy concerns. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) mandates that online bus…
Estimating Racial Disparities When Race is Not Observed
Cory McCartan, Robin Fisher, Jacob Goldin +2
The estimation of racial disparities in various fields is often hampered by the lack of individual-level racial information. In many cases, the law prohibits the collection of such…
Law Smells: Defining and Detecting Problematic Patterns in Legal Drafting
Corinna Coupette, Dirk Hartung, Janis Beckedorf +2
Building on the computer science concept of code smells, we initiate the study of law smells, i.e., patterns in legal texts that pose threats to the comprehensibility and maintaina…
Measuring Law Over Time: A Network Analytical Framework with an Application to Statutes and Regulations in the United States and Germany
Corinna Coupette, Janis Beckedorf, Dirk Hartung +2
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…
Complex Societies and the Growth of the Law
Daniel Martin Katz, Corinna Coupette, Janis Beckedorf +1
While a large number of informal factors influence how people interact, modern societies rely upon law as a primary mechanism to formally control human behaviour. How legal rules i…