Anyone who thinks this update was a simple task should have a look at the redlined version, showing every change from the 2002 version of the manual as amended by the 2004 supplement. Here I find most impressive, and welcome, the consultative process the Law Reporting Bureau engaged in, to determine what needed to be changed and what did not. And the 2007 edition reflects society's heightened awareness of privacy protection and people with disabilities.Īgain like the development of the law, the Style Manual retains so much of the "tried and true." No need for change simply for the sake of change. Right alongside citation forms for ancient research materials we now have formats for tabular or abstracted cases, Internet materials and weblogs. For example, it recognizes the essential place of modern technology in our world. This update reflects movement with the times in other ways as well. ![]() Always the movement, happily, is toward more readable text. This time it is more akin to filling crevices than bridging chasms: new abbreviations, fewer capitalizations, simplified procedures for altering or omitting language in quoted materials. Like the common law itself, the updating continues. Imagine, no more unnecessary Latinisms, legalisms, commas and supras! Truly we had moved with the times, cautiously and intelligently, toward simpler, clearer, cleaner text. As a former copy editor (before and during law school), I regarded that event as nothing short of thrilling. ) Five years ago, the Law Reporting Bureau substantially overhauled, expanded and modernized the Style Manual. In preparing this message, I was reminded of the "strength of the common law to respond, albeit cautiously and intelligently, to the demands of commonsense justice in an evolving society." ( Madden v Creative Servs., 84 NY2d 738, 744. As with the 2002 Style Manual, I begin by thanking our terrific State Reporter, Gary Spivey, and the entire Law Reporting Bureau of the State of New York, both for the 2007 Style Manual and for inviting this Foreword.
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