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| Justis Publishing e-Bulletin January 2009 News
Out with the old 28th January 2008
And in with the new – times two.
After working round the clock we’re immensely proud – and relieved – to finally confirm that both Justis and JustCite will have brand new websites from tomorrow, 29th January.
The look and feel of both websites is completely new and the navigation has been vastly improved but the services have not changed.
Most of you should already have received an email from us detailing the changes but for those that haven’t, what are the key improvements to Justis and JustCite?
Well, the most obvious change is that the Sign In boxes for both Justis and JustCite have moved from the right side of the screen to the left but that’s the only service-related change. The more substantial changes to the design and structure, including prominent new tabs to aid skipping between the two sites can be previewed at www.justis.com/newsites or you can wait until tomorrow to see the delights that await you.
Please let us know what you think.
Mother of all parliaments 28th January 2008
Though it won’t be rolled out till early summer, we’re rather excited about our ongoing development of Justis Parliament, so we’re giving you a quick heads up.
Currently known as Parlianet while it briefly remains on its own site, Justis Parliament – our versatile parliamentary database – is being incorporated into Justis, improving the functionality and content of both data collections – and providing Justis users who subscribe to the new material a vital link to upcoming changes in legislation, archives of old amendments, MPs’ contributions to debates and parliamentary questions.
Following a successful round of beta testing, we’re rewriting some of the search architecture behind the scenes which, by happy byproduct, will improve the functionality of all of Justis, not just its parliamentary content.
We’re also refining the user interface, which will include searching of this data through Justis’s “Quick” search field (if a new box is checked) and a new Parliament tab within the “Search In” area.
With its extensive data set, and improved functionality with such devices as filtering and My Justis, and the promise of links to JustCite in due course, there will be nothing like Justis Parliament, so get ready for a parliamentary treat.
Making the news elsewhere 28th January 2009
In the last issue we urged you to look out for the various journal articles we’d been commissioned to write. These are now available through the links below. Including the views of practitioners, researchers and librarians, they discuss numerous topical issues and – in passing, of course – show how our products can solve some of the problems discussed.
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Shortcut for multi-document printing 28th January 2008
If your colleagues are in the habit of tasking you with printing out numerous related records from our databases, this could be a very handy tip.
Though it’s not that new, feedback would suggest that many of you are unaware of an immensely time-saving function on the results screens of Justis and JustCite that caters for just that.
Here’s how:
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Titles talk
Read all about it! Daily Cases: 10th anniversary reminder 28th January 2008
What’s your understanding of our Daily Cases? Anecdotal evidence suggests it could be something quite different from the next reader’s.
Though we’ve been publishing the only searchable, electronic version of the ICLR’s WLR Daily series since it started in 1999, and plenty of interest is generated when we discuss it with customers, our trainer David Finch (see last item) has reported much confusion of late.
So on this, the series’ 10th anniversary, perhaps we should take this opportunity to clarify. After all, we’d hate you to miss out on something so useful.
According to the ICLR’s development editor Paul Magrath, who also edits the Business Law Reports, the Daily Cases are an “early warning system” of detailed summaries of cases that are “very likely” to be written up fully at a later date – by the same reporters – for the Weekly Law Reports or one of the specialist series. Furthermore, while the hierarchical structure of what must be presented in court remains, these cases may be authoritatively cited before they’ve been reported elsewhere.
When carrying out speculative subject searches on Justis, particularly when dealing with cases that involve quite recent and relatively untested legislation, access to such a series can be essential.
JustCite: just keep ’em coming! 28th January 2008
It’s business as usual for our bulging, provider-neutral citator, with an impressive list of recently added records including:
Extended archive of Irish Reports nearly in place 28th January 2008
It’s been quite a task getting them all on the system but we are relieved to announce that – all being well – by the end of February, the full archive of the extended Irish Reports will be in place and fully searchable on Justis.
Exclusively extending our coverage by 81 years, all the way back to 1838, we are also the first company to offer the authoritative case reports as printable PDFs that replicate exactly the original pagination.
Free selected Session Cases 28th January 2008
Continuing this vaguely Celtic theme, selected Session Cases are now available for free on the new Scottish Law Reports website that we helped to design. With open access at www.scottishlawreports.org.uk/resources/open-access.html, these reports demonstrate the quality of the case material itself and the usability of the Justis platform, following the extension of our coverage 12 months ago.
Events
International Law as Law 28th January 2008
This intriguing heading is the title of the 103rd American Society of International Law Annual Meeting. Taking place at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC from 25th to 28th March, the conference will be attended by Victoria MacLean and Angelo Mazzeo of Justis Publishing. Along with the full range of titles on Justis and the numerous additions to JustCite, Victoria and Angelo will be delighted to demonstrate the International Law Reports Online, which are firmly establishing themselves as the essential aid to online research in international law.
Delegates should note that if they book their registration at the ASIL Conference before 9th February they can save their registration fee.
Running a competition 28th January 2008
Exhausted yet ever-ready customer trainer David Finch (pictured below on the right) is back from Marrakech this week. True, Morocco isn’t Justis Publishing’s most significant sales territory, but David was there for a very different sort of training session: the local marathon.
Treating this gruelling slog as a mini dry-run for his six-day ultra marathon in March – the Sahara Desert’s most notorious Marathon des Sables – David was weighed down by a heavy rucksack in an effort to mimic the conditions he will face. But, he tells me, as dry-runs go, it was actually pretty wet. Nevertheless, he returned in good spirits, having thrashed his target time. “What’s more, I’m still virtually intact,” says David, who promises that his professional training sessions won’t be affected by his aching joints.
We’re offering a coveted Barrister Bear to the sender of the closest guess of David’s time in Marrakech. Please reply to communications@justis.com before Friday 13th February with an answer in hours, minutes and seconds. (If there’s a tie, we’ll do a draw.)
See more at David’s BBC blog.
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