{"id":34,"date":"2013-10-10T20:52:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citeblog.access-to-law.com\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2022-12-08T20:54:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T20:54:42","slug":"scope-and-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citeblog.access-to-law.com\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"Scope and purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog was begun as a byproduct of the annual revision of <a title=\"Introduction to Basic Legal Citation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/citation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Introduction to Basic Legal Citation<\/em><\/a>. That process regularly brings to light issues and practices that don&#8217;t warrant detailed treatment in a basic reference, yet seem too interesting to let drop without report or comment.\u00a0 It has since been expanded to encompass related issues of unrestricted access to primary legal texts \u2013 statutes, judicial opinions, regulations, municipal ordinances, and the like.<\/p>\n<p>I would would welcome comments from those who take these matters seriously. Do send me your thoughts on what you read here. And if there are topics you would like to see addressed or are tempted to address yourself, send me email.<\/p>\n<p>Peter W. Martin<br \/>\nJane M.G. Foster Professor of Law, Emeritus<br \/>\nCornell<a href=\"mailto:peter.martin@cornell.edu?Subject=Citeblog\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\npeter.martin@cornell.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog was begun as a byproduct of the annual revision of Introduction to Basic Legal Citation. 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