fwd-Project Argonaut

[Steve J McGarry]

FYI--E. Roche ace at opus1.com

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We have now posted details (schedules, meeting dates, forms, etc.) for Project 
Argonaut (http://rampages.onramp.net/~smcgarry/argonaut/argo.htm). The Project 
seeks to create a coalition of governments, law schools, bar associations, law 
schools and firms, attorneys, librarians, and publishers  to create a  uniform 
legal database. The result will be almost completely automated legal research.

A database would permit searches across jurisdictions and free notifications of 
changes. Searches and notifications would include links to secondary sources 
(which discuss the case(s), laws or the topics). If you did not already have 
them in your library you would be able to purchase a specific chapter(s) or the 
entire publication on-line. By having government work with the private sector, 
the public gains free access to primary law and secondary works.

If you are interested in the Project, please contact me directly.

Regards,


Steve McGarry

P.S. As part of the project, we have done the most extensive inventory of 
existing primary law on the Internet (i.e free) by state and added substantial 
substantive information (legislative dates, e-mail addresses, etc.). If you 
notice anything we have inadvertantly missed or you would like to see in future 
updates, please let us know. Thanks.




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