Abstract Function word content analysis is a proven method previously used to study disputed authorship in documents such as historical letters and novels. It has been used in similar fashion to review Supreme Court Justices’ legal opinions, demonstrating general contribution by clerks and variation related to their influence. It has not been used to create a “fingerprint” for clerks that may be used not only to understand their contributions but to directly attribute authorship of any given opinion to them or their Justice. This study builds on previous work to test the potential of a new application of this method in determining the contributions of Supreme Court clerks to the authorship of opinions. Drawing on the academic writings of clerks and Justices, this method has potential for attributing authorship contributions of clerks to individual legal opinions. This could open opinions to review as early and formative work of legal scholars and jurists, many of whom serve as clerks early in their careers. It may also have application to investigating authorship contributions in other legal writings.

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研究笔记：调查文体分析在最高法院意见作者身份上的可行性

摘要 虚词内容分析是一种经过验证的方法，以前用于研究历史书信和小说等文献中的有争议的作者身份。它以类似的方式用于审查最高法院法官的法律意见，展示文员的一般贡献以及与其影响相关的变化。它没有被用来为文员创建一个“指纹”，不仅可以用来理解他们的贡献，而且可以直接将任何给定意见的作者归属于他们或他们的正义。本研究以先前的工作为基础，以测试这种方法在确定最高法院书记员对意见作者身份的贡献方面的新应用的潜力。借鉴文员和法官的学术著作，这种方法有可能将文员的署名贡献归因于个人法律意见。这可以作为法律学者和法学家的早期和形成性工作开放意见进行审查，其中许多人在其职业生涯的早期担任文员。它也可能适用于调查其他法律著作中的作者贡献。