A century of citation practice on the Supreme Court of Victoria

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作者：

Fausten, Dietrich ^{[1
]}

Nielsen, Ingrid ^{[2
]}

Smyth, Russell ^{[1
]}

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[1] Monash Univ, Dept Econ, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

[2] Monash Univ, Dept Management, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

来源：

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW | 2007年 / 31卷 / 03期

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D9 [法律]; DF [法律];

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0301 ;

摘要：

Examination of citations contained in the written record of judicial decisions provides useful insights into the evolution of the jurisprudence and policy of particular courts, and of the judges who make significant contributions to those courts. This article examines the citation practice of the Supreme Court of Victoria over the century 1905-2005 at 10-year intervals. It employs the McCormick taxonomy of citations, which. distinguishes between consistency, hierarchical, coordinate and deference citations and also tracks citations to secondary authorities. The major findings of the study are that the length of judgments and the number of authorities cited by the Court have increased over time, and that consistency and hierarchical citations have been the dominant form of allusion to prior authority.

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