In Canada, in 1994 the judicial decisions was firstly in paper format, but later this process was modernized to an electronic format.
The process was slowly because the committe got a lot of information from the judiciary, academia and the publishing industry took shape.
This text explains how in 1996 a committee of the Canadian Judicial Council approved a standard for the preparation of judgments in electronic form, and the history about the process. This norm was very popular in the judicial court. What is more, this new method consisted of three elements: the traditional style of cause, the core of the citation and certain optional elements.
But the change to the electronic format had a lot of opossing that requiered a citation mechanismo for paper and electronic documents; to promote the development of new electronic reference tools and, to open up the legal publishing markets in EE.UU.
Also this project had a lot of advantages, for example the court or tribunal assigns this citation at the very moment the decision is rendered. With this method Canada have a uniform citation method and the proposed standard would also contribute to reinforcing the public nature of Canadian case law.
This evolution was necessary:
to meet new needs of the courts like the introduction of computers and the use of the internet;
to facilitate the implementation of electronic research tools like this addiction to the traditional mode of citation becomes crucial as electronic media are becoming increasingly important as core research sources for jurists, now is normal to see the judicial decisions in internet;
to help users of case law, from the reader’s point of view, a neutral citation will permit him or her to access a specific reference without necessarily having to turn to the same document that the author used;
to guarantee a long term opening up of the Canadian market for legal information, it contributes to the establishment of the public nature of Canadian jurisprudence by assuring that public documents from the courts may be cited in a neutral way.
In conclusion, this is very necessary now because of the new technologies and to make the legal system easier to study.
In Canada, in 1994 the judicial decisions was firstly in paper format, but later this process was modernized to an electronic format.
The process was slowly because the committe got a lot of information from the judiciary, academia and the publishing industry took shape.
This text explains how in 1996 a committee of the Canadian Judicial Council approved a standard for the preparation of judgments in electronic form, and the history about the process. This norm was very popular in the judicial court. What is more, this new method consisted of three elements: the traditional style of cause, the core of the citation and certain optional elements.
But the change to the electronic format had a lot of opossing that requiered a citation mechanismo for paper and electronic documents; to promote the development of new electronic reference tools and, to open up the legal publishing markets in EE.UU.
Also this project had a lot of advantages, for example the court or tribunal assigns this citation at the very moment the decision is rendered.
With this method Canada have a uniform citation method and the proposed standard would also contribute to reinforcing the public nature of Canadian case law.
This evolution was necessary:
to meet new needs of the courts like the introduction of computers and the use of the internet;
to facilitate the implementation of electronic research tools like this addiction to the traditional mode of citation becomes crucial as electronic media are becoming increasingly important as core research sources for jurists, now is normal to see the judicial decisions in internet;
to help users of case law, from the reader’s point of view, a neutral citation will permit him or her to access a specific reference without necessarily having to turn to the same document that the author used;
to guarantee a long term opening up of the Canadian market for legal information, it contributes to the establishment of the public nature of Canadian jurisprudence by assuring that public documents from the courts may be cited in a neutral way.
In conclusion, this is very necessary now because of the new technologies and to make the legal system easier to study.