The Tulane Law Review controversy brings up an important point, which commenter Frog Leg noted: Shouldn’t law reviews make a practice of including the raw data supporting an article’s assertions in an Appendix, at least so long as the data wouldn’t take more than several pages?
That way, law reviews would be reminded of their responsibility to check the data, and readers will find it more consistently accessible. Putting on the Web is nice, but it involves various risks, including a risk that the law review editors won’t feel it to be their responsibility to check it — and the risk that it will get taken down. As it happens, though the law reviewarticle states that “The table will be available without charge on the Tulane Law Review