THE DIGESTS OF PENNSYLVANIA

Authors
Citation
J. Fishman, THE DIGESTS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Law library journal, 90(3), 1998, pp. 481-508
Citations number
94
Categorie Soggetti
Law,"Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
ISSN journal
00239283
Volume
90
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
481 - 508
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-9283(1998)90:3<481:>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Published case law in Pennsylvania dates from the colonial period and constitutes one of the largess collections of court decisions in Ameri can law Digests have long stood as an important tool for those conduct ing research in this material, with the first appearing not long after the cases themselves. Mr. Fishman helps to document the history of Pe nnsylvania digests by reviewing their publication, beginning with the early nineteenth century to the present. A bibliography is appended.