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Casemaker 2.2
On March 5, Casemaker 2.2 will be unveiled. Some of the improved features are highlighted below.
1) Session Laws – new addition to the library
In browse:
- Shows HB (House Bill) # or SB (Senate Bill) # and Chapter #
- Short narrative description
- Clicking on the link will take you to full text version.
2) Statutes
- In browse, range of §§ shown next to chapter title
- BENEFIT: can help pinpoint exact section to find)
- In browse, combined link (in italics at top) takes you to a fully set out scroll-able version of the particular division (chapter, article, etc.) with the sections, etc. in sequential order
- BENEFIT: users don’t have to use “next page” if they want to scroll through many sections
- Under each individual § you will find currency notation (italics): Current through 2009 Legislative Session.
- BENEFIT: users can see at a glance the currency of the provision
- SuperCode column is gone.
- BENEFIT: Provisions will have all acts affecting them incorporated.
- Archive link takes you to a fully set out version of the provision as it appeared in the year shown (for NH back through 2003).
- BENEFIT: oftentimes lawyers need to see the version of the law in effect at the time
- Beginning in 2010, history lines at the end of each provision contain live links to affecting legislation pinpointed down to section #.
- BENEFIT: one click to see the affecting Session Laws
- Sections set out twice: each section is set out on a different page
- BENEFIT: catchline date will indicate which section is effective when
- Example: § 5-B:4
3) Cases:
- Expanded case database (1st Circuit to 1879).
- Case header is more clear for all information like Party names, Citation, Docket numbers, etc.
- Cases show both pagination for main citation and parallel citations
- Footnotes are linked
- Same search for federal and state cases
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