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Most of ResearchGate's users are involved in medicine or biology, [10] [12] though it also has participants from engineering, law, computer science, agricultural sciences, and psychology, among others. [10] ResearchGate published an author-level metric in the form of an "RG Score" since 2012. [15] RG score is not a citation impact measure.
Some sources attempt mainly to state what the law itself says. Some other sources attempt to state the effect of the law, such as a source about social effects or impacts arising from the implementation of a law, a source about a policy recommendation that in someone's opinion should be embodied in a law, a source about the legislative process, or a source on constitutional history.
In 1923, Henri Lévy-Ullmann developed the first grouping of legal systems based on sources of law: English law (based on custom), civil law (based on written sources), and Islamic law (based on religious revelation). [11] This was the first clear statement of the dichotomy between civil and common law that later became commonplace. [11]
Source criticism (or information evaluation) is the process of evaluating an information source, i.e.: a document, a person, a speech, a fingerprint, a photo, an observation, or anything used in order to obtain knowledge.
Judicial precedent (aka: case law, or judge-made law) is based on the doctrine of stare decisive, and mostly associated with jurisdictions based on the English common law, but the concept has been adopted in part by Civil Law systems. Precedent is the accumulated principles of law derived from centuries of decisions.
Some questionable sources might include legitimate articles to hide their true intentions. Evaluating publications requires extensive research and knowledge. Generally, it’s beneficial to rely on professionals to assess credibility, especially for scientific claims or local newspapers, which vary significantly in quality and reputation.
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The most common sources of authority cited are court decisions (cases), statutes, regulations, government documents, treaties, and scholarly writing. Typically, a proper legal citation will inform the reader about a source's authority, how strongly the source supports the writer's proposition, its age, and other, relevant information.