Associate Dean Dr. Arturo Torres of Texas Tech University has published Is Link Rot Destroying Stare Decisis as We Know It? The Internet-Citation Practice of the Texas Appellate Courts , Journal of Appellate Practice and Process , 13(2), 269-299 (2012).
Here is the abstract:
In 1995 the first Internet-based citation was used in a federal court opinion. In 1996, a state appellate court followed suit; one month later, a member of the United States Supreme Court cited to the Internet; finally, in 1998 a Texas appellate court cited to the Internet in one of its opinions. In less than twenty years, it has become common to find appellate courts citing to Internet-based resources in opinions. Because of the current extent of Internet-citation practice varies by courts across jurisdictions, this paper will examine the Internet-citation practice of the Texas Appellate courts since 1998. Specifically, this study surveys the 1998 to 2011 published opinions of the Texas appellate courts and describes their Internet-citation practice.
Filed under: Articles and papers, Research findings Tagged: Arturo Torres, Citation of Internet resources in court decisions, Citation of Internet resources in judicial decisions, Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, Legal citation, Legal citation practices, Legal citation studies, Link rot and preservation of digital legal information, Link rot in court decisions, Link rot in judicial decisions, Preservation of digital legal information, Preservation of electronic legal information, Stare decisis
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