On Thu, May 26, 1994, John H. Lederer wrote:
> What we may propose is a citation that takes the form 1993 WI
> 135,par.12 . 1993 would be the year of issuance by the court
> (technically, the year in which the publication committee
> determined that the opinion would be published). 135 would
> indicate that this was the 135th published opinion of the year.
> Paragraph numbers would be an integral part of the official opinion and
> would supplant page numbers.
>
> What we are attempting to achieve is:
>
> 1) A system that could be used in both electronic and printed
> media
>
> 2) A system that eliminates parallel cites
>
> 3) A system that is vendor neutral
I might add that, as a bonus, a citation system which is based
on paragraphs rather than pages will provide finer points of
access to the researcher. (Assuming, of course, that Wisconsin
judges write their paragraphs smaller than pages :) .) As a
law student, I do not consider this advantage trivial. After
some time getting used to it, I am convinced that most people
would find it a faster and more convenient method of locating
cited material.
I hope you try it.
Chris
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Christopher Carr MrUnderhil@aol.com
Vermont Law School Class of 95 PO Box 363
802/763-7849 South Royalton VT 05068-0363
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