WTE Knowledge Maps

See the structure behind the law.

A visual atlas of trusts, estates, tax, elder law, and legal reasoning. Begin with the map of maps, then follow a branch into focused subject maps, statutes, cases, concepts, and related WTE materials.

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Map of Maps

Select a branch to open a subject map. Dashed nodes mark planned maps.

Subject area Focused map

WTE Knowledge Maps Estates Trusts Tax Elder Law Legal Reasoning Estate Administration Probate Trustee Duties Medicaid Trusts New York Estate Tax Tax Apportionment Medicaid Capacity Limits of Legal Reason Doctrinal Inertia

Homepage prototype: Links currently point to placeholders and can be replaced as individual maps are created.

Starting points

Featured maps

The first maps can serve as stable entry points into larger bodies of WTE research.

New York Estate Administration From death and appointment through marshaling, claims, accounting, and distribution.

New York Estate Tax Tax base, clawback, deductions, apportionment, filing, and payment.

The Limits of Legal Reason Judicial echo effects, doctrinal inertia, institutional feedback, and narrative pressure.