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

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

19 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2009 Last revised: 8 Feb 2009

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Daniel Dabney

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Date Written: February 7, 2009

Abstract

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.

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

Suggested Citation

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: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1339055

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