Network analysis in legal history
An example from the Court of Friesland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20445456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hylkje de Jong (0000-0003-2569-8671, Professor of Legal History, Department of Legal Theory and Legal History, Faculty of Law, VU Amsterdam Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands), Gijs Van Dijck (0000-0003-4102-4415, Professor of Private Law and Director of the Maastricht Law and Tech Lab Bouillonstraat 1-3, 6211 LH Maastricht The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 250-262 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-7585 • E-ISSN: 1571-8190 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15718190-20220004 |
| OpenAlex | W4281742196 |
| Language | EN |
This article focuses on the references (allegations) made by the lawyers in a selected number of cases to Roman and customary law as well as to court decisions when arguing their case. The analysis focuses on three similar civil litigation records from the Court of Friesland from 1716, 1718 and 1720. Network analysis was used to examine whether certain sources were more dominant (i.e. more central) in the network than others and to explore the relationship between the references. The lawyers in the three cases from the Court of Friesland appear to have used some references in common when arguing whether security rights (i.e. mortgages) included a right of pursuit and whether the auctioneer could recover the object if the buyer failed to pay
Political science · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
| Highly cited | No |
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