The Digest

The Digest, formerly published as The English and Empire Digest, is a digest of case law. It is the "major modern work" of this kind. Its coverage is "wide" but incomplete, and it can be "complicated to use" if the user does not understand how the editions overlap.[1] In 1994, it included cases from England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other parts of the Commonwealth, and from the European Communities.[2] More than half a million cases from more than a thousand series of law reports were summarised.[3] The work also serves as a citator and is "valuable" because of this.[4]

Editions

First Edition

The English and Empire Digest was published in 49 volumes from 1919 to 1932. This was directed by the Earl of Halsbury and Sir Thomas Willes Chitty.[5]

"Blue Band" Replacement Edition

This edition was published in 56 volumes from 1950 to 1970.[6]

"Green Band" Reissue Edition

Publication of the third edition, or "Green Band" Reissue Edition, began in 1971.[7] In 1981, its name was changed to The Digest.[8] It contains the fullest listing of the case law of the United Kingdom, including almost all reported decisions from the sixteenth century.[9]

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gollark: Basically all widely-used software has had exploitable flaws of some kind, it doesn't seem to be getting better on the whole, and I don't want that sort of thing running my brain. At least actual brain hardware seems to mostly be insecure in ways which require physical access.
gollark: My main worry with uploading would be possible data loss due to not-entirely-refined processes and/or missing some important bits, and also the current horrible state of software security.
gollark: I mostly store my notes on computers, which have ridiculously huge capacity compared to paper.
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References
  • Bedwell, C E A. "An Imperial Digest of Case Law". Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law. 1920. Third Series, vol 2, no 3. Pages 365 to 366. JSTOR.
  1. Logan, R G. Information Sources in Law. Butterworths. 1986. ISBN 0 408 11474 6. Page 9.
  2. The Digest: Annotated British, Commonwealth and European Cases: A User's Guide. Butterworths. London. 1994. Page 2.
  3. A User's Guide. Page 3.
  4. Partington, Martin. "The English legal system" in R G Logan (editor). Information Sources in Law. Butterworths. 1986. p 59.
  5. A User's Guide. Page 2.
  6. A User's Guide. Page 2.
  7. A User's Guide. Page 2.
  8. Partington, Martin. "The English legal system" in R G Logan (editor). Information Sources in Law. Butterworths. 1986. Page 59.
  9. Hines, William Donald. English Legal History: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Garland Publishing Inc. New York and London. 1990. ISBN 0 8240 4299 9. Page 121.
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