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.