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WEX - A Wiki Legal Dictionary and Encyclopedia
The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School has launched WEX as a wiki-type (interactive) Dictionary-Encyclopedia for law, written by experts and designed for the public.
WEX is described as follows:
"WEX is a collaboratively-edited legal dictionary and encyclopedia. It is intended for a broad audience of people we refer to as "law novices" -- which at one time or another describes practically everyone, even law students and lawyers entering new areas of law. No doubt purists will be quick to point out the differences between a dictionary and an encyclopedia. We deliberately blur the distinction, as we are interested in providing objective, useful material in a range of formats.... "
The collaborators are intended to be experts in their fields:
"We are interested in contributors with
demonstrated expertise in particular areas of law
a desire to educate law novices
the ability to communicate effectively with an extremely diverse audience.
Our criteria are fluid, but in general we prefer formal legal education and give preference to legal academics and distinguished practitioners. The idea is to build the most authoritative source we can with a minimum of re-editing and tussling over content. A primary concern is that the material be useful to novices in particular areas of law -- a group that takes in practitioners learning about a new area, law students, and the general public. A desire and an ability to teach diverse groups is essential."
The idea here is to create a Wikipedia-type publication for the law.
(hat tip to TVC Alert)
According to the Blogger counter, this was our 600th posting at LawPundit.
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Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 11/29/2005 01:43:00 PM
WEX - A Wiki Legal Dictionary and Encyclopedia
The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School has launched WEX as a wiki-type (interactive) Dictionary-Encyclopedia for law, written by experts and designed for the public.
WEX is described as follows:
"WEX is a collaboratively-edited legal dictionary and encyclopedia. It is intended for a broad audience of people we refer to as "law novices" -- which at one time or another describes practically everyone, even law students and lawyers entering new areas of law. No doubt purists will be quick to point out the differences between a dictionary and an encyclopedia. We deliberately blur the distinction, as we are interested in providing objective, useful material in a range of formats.... "
The collaborators are intended to be experts in their fields:
"We are interested in contributors with
demonstrated expertise in particular areas of law
a desire to educate law novices
the ability to communicate effectively with an extremely diverse audience.
Our criteria are fluid, but in general we prefer formal legal education and give preference to legal academics and distinguished practitioners. The idea is to build the most authoritative source we can with a minimum of re-editing and tussling over content. A primary concern is that the material be useful to novices in particular areas of law -- a group that takes in practitioners learning about a new area, law students, and the general public. A desire and an ability to teach diverse groups is essential."
The idea here is to create a Wikipedia-type publication for the law.
(hat tip to TVC Alert)
According to the Blogger counter, this was our 600th posting at LawPundit.
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Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 11/29/2005 01:43:00 PM
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