fyi...
"Not only have computers changed the way we write, but they have
also changed the way we do research. When I was a law clerk back in the
early 1950s, it seemed as if I spent most of my time researching the
_Decennial Digest_* and using mostly local cases. Today, the world has
opened up, and we now are able to research cases from other jurisdictions
easily by computer. Whether we are writing better opinions is an open
question."
Justice James M. Dolliver (Washington Supreme Court), Supreme Court
Election Coverage not Representative, Wash. St. B. News, Nov. 1998, at 13.
Mary Whisner, Head of Reference
Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington
whisner@u.washington.edu
Library's website: http://lib.law.washington.edu
*Let's assume that we was using the Washington Digest or the Pacific
Digest to find local cases -- he's talking about the research he did over
40 years ago!
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