Open Wide the Gates of Legal Access
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Date
2015-02-17
Authors
Ford, Beth
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University of Oregon School of Law
Abstract
This Comment will explore the problem of copyrighting various aspects of state statutes, explain the precedent of this copyrighting conundrum, and analyze its detrimental effects. Part I summarizes relevant case law and statutory history that provide the authority (or lack thereof) for copyrighting the law; Part II explains the codification process; Parts III and IV describe how impediments to access have manifested across the country; Part V analyzes how limiting public access to the law can be problematic and why citizens should not tolerate it; and Part VI offers a workable solution providing access to the law so that more may understand it.
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32 pages.
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93 OR. L. REV. 539