Advancing Law and Corpus Linguistics: Importing Principles and Practices from Survey and Content Analysis Methodologies to Improve Corpus Design and Analysis

Authors

James C. Phillips
Jesse Egbert

Abstract

The nascent field of law and corpus linguistics has much to offer legal interpretation. But to do so, it must more fully incorporate principles from survey and content-analysis methodologies used in the social sciences. Importing such will provide greater rigor, transparency, reproducibility, and accuracy in the important quest to determine the meaning of the law. This Article highlights some of those principles to provide a best- practices guide to those seeking to perform law and corpus linguistic analysis.

Rights

© 2017 Brigham Young University Law Review

Recommended Citation

James C. Phillips and Jesse Egbert, Advancing Law and Corpus Linguistics: Importing Principles and Practices from Survey and Content Analysis Methodologies to Improve Corpus Design and Analysis, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1589 (2018).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vol2017/iss6/12