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Transforming the Way we Record and Access the Law

Author: Ian Iredale M Com (Hons), LLB (UNSW)
Senior Lecturer, University of Western Sydney School of Law
Subjects: Law - study and teaching (Other articles)
Legal composition (Other articles)
Legal documents (Other articles)
Issue: Volume 9, Number 3 (September 2002)
Category: Comment

Abstract

Primary law materials, whether they are statutes or judgments are recorded, published and read in book format. Secondary materials, such as, text and case books are likewise published in book form. Recently, however, the law has made use of diagrams and flowcharts to enhance access to and understanding of the law. It is possible to go further in transforming the way the law is recorded and read from the material literary book format to the diagrammatic plan, chart or broadsheet format. The author gives examples of this approach based Australian taxation law.

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