Key takeaways
- No Clue means sanitised case facts alone.
- With Clue adds citation-based case context.
- Silent Failure means an incorrect verdict stated with >50% confidence.
What was tested & why
Glossary
GLMP: fuller general Nigerian legal materials. GLMRS: connected relational summaries of those materials. EV: Expected Value. ECE: Expected Calibration Error. Brier score: probability-forecast error measure. Ground Truth: adjudicated appellate outcome. Majority-class reference: always predict Dismissed, 70% on the twenty Nigerian cases. Run a and run b: initial and repeated conditions.
Source: Thesis Chapters 3–10 · source-reported unless otherwise noted.