Lawrence Friedman at Stanford has worked with this kind of
material from the California courts. He talked about this at an
AALL program in San Francisco last summer. You might try asking
him about this. My impression was that he thought that these
materials were extemely valuable.
Cynthia Arkin
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>
>
> I am working with a non-law professor who wants to submit a grant
> request (due at the end of the week) to gather court records,
> mainly opinions and transcripts, on a particular topic.
>
> I have tried to explain that this is a monumental project and
that
> this information (esp. transcripts) may not even exist in a
useable
> form and record-keeping practices vary widely among different
courts.
>
> The justification is that this primary historical material could
be
> incredibly useful to scholars in a variety of fields that would
not
> necessarily have anything to do with law or legal scholarship.
>
> My question is, does anyone know if this has been tried before?
>
> Fast responses greatly appreciated!
>
> Many Thanks.
>
> Heather Simmons
> Wayne State University Law Library
> phone: (313) 577-6173
> bitnet: hsimmon@waynest1
> internet: hsimmon@cms.cc.wayne.edu
>
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