Mining the Harvard Caselaw Access Project

69 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2020 Last revised: 2 Oct 2020

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Felix Chang

University of Cincinnati College of Law; Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Erin McCabe

affiliation not provided to SSRN

James Lee

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: September 29, 2020

Abstract

This Essay illustrates how machine learning can disrupt legal scholarship through the algorithmic extraction and analysis of big data. Specifically, we utilize data from Harvard Law School’s Caselaw Access Project to model how courts tackle two thorny question in antitrust: the measure of market power and the balance between antitrust and regulation.

Keywords: machine learning, AI, big data, data modeling, Harvard Law School Caselaw Access Project, data analytics, antitrust, market power, regulation

JEL Classification: K21,K49

Suggested Citation

Chang, Felix and McCabe, Erin and Lee, James, Mining the Harvard Caselaw Access Project (September 29, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3529257 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3529257

Felix Chang (Contact Author)

University of Cincinnati College of Law ( email )

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United States

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Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law ( email )

Erin McCabe

affiliation not provided to SSRN

James Lee

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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