Dispute Over A.I.D.S. Issue

Professors, Footnotes and the Internet: A Critical Examination of Australian Law Reviews

“…13 Law review articles can also affect the development of legislation. 14 For example, statute annotators often contain references to law review articles which can then be considered by barristers and solicitors in interpreting the relevant legislation and presenting this interpretation to the court. 15 The legislator may also rely on law review articles in drafting statutory provisions and determining what areas need further statutory regulation.…”

“…15 The legislator may also rely on law review articles in drafting statutory provisions and determining what areas need further statutory regulation. 16 Finally, the law review is intended to provide practitioners, academics and students with a reference source to draw upon in developing a well-formed argument or understanding a legal issue. 17 In the first stage of collecting material, law review articles can reduce the time needed for research by drawing together the cases, legislation and other sources relevant to a particular problem or area of law.…”

“…24 This seems to be taken as a given by Closen and Dzielak, who write: "[s]ince law review articles are published to be written but not necessarily read, creating more places in which to publish manuscripts has provided practitioners and students the opportunity to write law review articles and hence experience this educational activity. 25 Hibbitts presents the functions of today's law review against the backdrop of the historical reasons for its creation, including a need to compete with the publications of other disciplines within the university, and the development of faster, better and cheaper printing and paper-making processes. 27 In this context, any "legal considerations", 27 such as a desire to facilitate interaction within the legal community, seem to be merely peripheral.…”