THE PUBLIC CORPUS APPLIED TO LAW
GAGE CORPUS JURIS
430 legal topics — 427 with source coverage, 32 quantum dimensions, 87,085 cross-references, and 530,080 citations.
430
LEGAL TOPICS
427
TOPICS WITH SOURCES
87,085
CROSS-REFS
530,080
CITATIONS
26
MISSING VOLUMES
32
QUANTUM TOPICS
209
AVG SOURCES / TOPIC
7
CITATION CHAINS
CITATION GRAPH
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Common Law
10 nodes
International Law
6 nodes
Political Philosophy
6 nodes
Nodes
124
Edges
69
Topics
430
TOPIC INDEX
Every topic in American jurisprudence mapped to its primary sources in the current corpus snapshot. Search any legal concept to see every text that covers it.
120 OF 430 TOPICS
THE 7 CITATION CHAINS
COMMON LAW
Holmes → Kent → Blackstone → Coke → Littleton → Bracton → Glanvill → Justinian → Gaius → Twelve Tables
ORIGIN: -450 BCE
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Wheaton → Vattel → Grotius → Pufendorf → Justinian → Cicero
ORIGIN: -51 BCE
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Federalist → Montesquieu → Locke → Hobbes → Aristotle → Plato
ORIGIN: -380 BCE
CANON LAW
CJS → Gratian → Justinian → Council of Nicaea
ORIGIN: 325 CE
BANKING LAW
Griffin → Mullins → Quigley → Jekyll Island → Bank of England
ORIGIN: 1694
HERMETIC TRADITION
Regardie → Mathers → Levi → Agrippa → Corpus Hermeticum → Emerald Tablet
ORIGIN: -300 BCE
EQUITY
CJS Vol 21 → Story → Blackstone → Chancery Courts → Roman Praetor
ORIGIN: -100 BCE
LANGUAGE AS CONTROL
Spelling, grammar, syntax, and definitions are not neutral. They are instruments of jurisdiction. We track how legal language changes over time, who changes it, and what rights are redefined in the process.
DEFINITION DRIFT
Bouvier's 1856 → Black's 4th 1968 → IRC §7701. The same word (“person,” “income,” “citizen”) means different things across eras. Each change redefines rights without consent and without most practitioners noticing.
CURATED LEXICON SOURCES
GRAMMAR & SYNTAX
“Shall” vs “may” vs “must.” The placement of a comma changes who has authority. Legal grammar is not style — it is jurisdiction. We track how syntactic structures construct or dissolve legal obligations.
CURATED STYLE SOURCES
SPELLING & TYPOGRAPHY
The long-s (ƒ) to short-s transition (1780-1820) changed how legal documents were read. ALL CAPS names on court documents. The spelling of your name determines your legal capacity. Typography is not decoration — it is identification.
CURATED TYPOGRAPHY SOURCES
THE IDENTITY HIERARCHY
Being > Man > People > Person > Individual > Citizen > Subject > Resident > Monster. Each word is a legal status with specific rights attached. CJS defines “person” once. We track the entire spectrum across the current corpus snapshot.
BOUVIER'S 1856 · BLACK'S 4TH · CJS · CURATED IDENTITY SOURCES
11 VOLUMES BLOCKED BY COURT ORDER
Volumes 9, 18, 58, 59, 69, 73, 78, 79, 92, 93, and 100 exist on Archive.org but lending was suspended by Hachette v. Internet Archive (2024). All 26 topics from these volumes have been synthesized from alternative sources in our library.