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Maurer School of Law: Indiana University

2008

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Citators: Past, Present, And Future, Laura C. Dabney Jan 2008

Citators: Past, Present, And Future, Laura C. Dabney

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Citators are one of the oldest and most important tools in the legal researcher’s arsenal. They serve both as precautionary measures against bad law, and as a means of doing primary legal research. The evolution of citators plays an important role in the development of both the legal publishing industry and legal research itself. This article examines many aspects of the legal citator—its history, development, uses, and possible future.