Talk:Law report

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[edit] Reporter definition

Reporters is only used to refer to a series of reports in the US. In Britain, Aust, NZ the term 'Reporter' continues to refer to the person who selects the case for publication, as it traditionally did. this whole article reads like it was written by someone in the US hoping that the dual meaning adopted there has been taken up elsewhere.

I suggest that the original meanings be used as the basis for the article intro, and the US variation be inserted under a US sub-heading.

Ultimately notes about the more famous historical 'reporters', as well the infamous ones may be links from this page, as may some discussion of modern reporting practices.

FedLawyer 02:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I drafted the article originally but was unaware of the differing meanings in the Commonwealth nations. I just looked up the relevant definitions in Black's Law Dictionary, the primary law dictionary used by American attorneys. You are correct that reporter primarily refers to the person and reports is the more accurate term for the books (although many U.S reports use the term reporter, like West's National Reporter System). The Black's definitions are mainly in line with the Commonwealth definition, except that the definition of report also includes: "Also termed reporter; law report; law reporter." So, I agree with your suggestion. Feel free to make your suggested edit at any time. --Coolcaesar 03:20, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

We care about the rest of the world? J/K. I say be bold and make the change too. mmmbeer^{T / C / ?} 03:36, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Can someone clarify what the proposal actually is? I would support a move to Law Report, if that is what you have in mind. For what it's worth, I strongly dislike "reporter", which British lawyers never use, and I've felt the need to disclaim the term, for example, at Case citation#England and Wales. AndyJones 10:02, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, I think the actual proposal, if I understand FedLawyer, would be to have an explanation of the person here (reporter) and to have the books at Law report. Note that Wikipedia style is to not capitalize after the first word unless the term is a proper noun. --Coolcaesar 16:50, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I support that. (And yes, Law report is right, Law Report was my mistake.) AndyJones 10:40, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Organising reports and reporters

is there some way to see or print the tree of connections created by Categories for this area. I have trouble getting my head around how it all links, without a schematic of some type? FedLawyer 10:46, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Photos of other law reports?

Well, I took some photos of the U.S. reporters for the article. But I haven't got the time to visit an academic law library that would be big enough to have foreign reporters. It would be great if someone in the U.K. or Australia could get a picture of their local law reports. --Coolcaesar 08:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)