The Universe of Thinkable Thoughts: Literary Warrant and West's Key Number System

Dabney, Daniel

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The Universe of Thinkable Thoughts: Literary Warrant and West's Key Number System

Daniel Dabney

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February 7, 2009

Law Library Journal, Vol. 99, No. 2, pp. 229-247, 2007

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The bibliographic apparatus used to facilitate legal research has the power to influence the way researchers think about the law, and thus the law itself. Mr. Dabney explores the possibility of this influence in West's Key Number System, and discusses the role of literary warrant.

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Keywords: key number, key numbers, West, legal research, literary warrant

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Date posted: February 7, 2009 ; Last revised: February 8, 2009

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Dabney, Daniel, The Universe of Thinkable Thoughts: Literary Warrant and West's Key Number System (February 7, 2009). Law Library Journal, Vol. 99, No. 2, pp. 229-247, 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1339055

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