Time: Mon Nov 04 15:04:42 1996 To: Richard Ginn <ginn@cornell.edu> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Traveling Brief cites Cc: <nwave@ninthw.com>,richard@caprica.com Bcc: Richard, I realize we have a problem with underlined cites. I have been using a style recommended by the Supreme Court, and lots of federal courts. Why don't we go with italics? I think there may be a way to globally change all underlines to italics, with confirmation. Then, we can make one pass with this "style" change, and go with italics for all citations on the Internet. Richard McDonald tells me that he has found some state courts which want their cites formatted that way (italics). Let's get Dean in on this discussion, because he is my Internet consultant. Dean, are you listening to this? /s/ Paul Mitchell copy: Dr. Dean Hines At 02:11 PM 11/4/96 -0500, you wrote: >Paul, > >I am preparing the Traveling Brief for Web publication, and I will try >getting that into MicroSoft Word format in both a standard format and >your Supreme Law Seminar format (page formatting with line numbers). > >One thing that will not work in the Web format is the page numbering, >since www has no page numbers. > >Page numbering can be reformatted manually for the Word formats, which is >a lot of work, and I will try doing it. > >The Cites are another matter entirely, and I have a few options: > >Leave them out, since the Brief doesn't have them, > >Put pointers on the web page to sites that may have these cites, > >Find these cites, either on the web or in the law library, and publish >them on the web and in paper copy, > >Make a separate publication of this Brief, with all cites published in full, > > a) For free, all of it, on the net or > > b) Brief for free, in the spirit of the author, and charge for > the full text of the cites on paper (a book, basically). > >What do you think? Is it worth having the full text of the cites? Would >it be worth my time to compile and publish the full texts? What would be >a fair price to charge, considering the time required and the value of my >time or anyone elses' time to do this? > >John Freeman doesn't have the cites on paper anymore, and I do need to >earn a living, and I am doing this instead of other work because it is >important (or am I wrong?), and if I could get paid for this research I >could do lots more of it and make everyone happy (I hope). We are working on fund raising. You must be your own judge of your time right now, however. So, if your volunteering is causing you to suffer in other ways, please get back on your chosen track. This stuff is not urgent, not yet at least. /s/ Paul Mitchell > >Please advise me if you can, > >Richard. > >
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