igraph is my preferred library for graph manipulation. The core library is written in C and is easy to extend, there are bindings to Python and R, and Gabor and Tamas are really nice and helpful guys. That said, I’ve… Read more ›
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Building igraph’s Python bindings with plotting support on Ubuntu
Electronic World Treaty Index and Tax Court Appendix
I’ve been busy lately with my new day job and wedding planning , but Dan and I still managed to meet two big goals in the past week. First, we’ve finalized a stable version of the Electronic World Treaty… Read more ›
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Posted in Law, Research
Posted in Law, Research
Historical data mining the Supreme Court headnotes
Two weeks ago, I posted a pair of very rough working papers. The second of these, Exploring Relationships between Legal Concepts in the United States Supreme Court, opens up a number of interesting "historical data mining" techniques. I thought I’d go… Read more ›
Plotting 3D Graphs with Python, igraph, and Cairo: #cn220 Example
Out of all the visuals I’ve produced, I think the "coolest" is the three-dimensional U.S. Supreme Court citation network 1080p movie I produced with Dan Katz (close friend, coauthor, and newly minted law professor!). 3D networks, especially dynamic ones, really invoke… Read more ›
