PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Part 5: Secondary Legal Sources: legal encyclopedias

TYPES OF SECONDARY LEGAL SOURCES Lawbooks for the General Public Lawbooks for Law Students Treatises Restatements of the Law Comprehensive Legal Encyclopedias Legal Periodicals There are several TYPES OF SECONDARY LEGAL SOURCES Lawbooks for the General Public Lawbooks for Law Students Treatises Restatements of the Law Comprehensive Legal Encyclopedias Legal Periodicals We will discuss each of these types of secondary legal resources individually

COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS Designed for use by lawyers Treatment of legal issues or topics is thorough Designed for use by lawyers Treatment of legal issues or topics is thorough

COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS Corpus Juris Secundum Cited and quoted as authority in courtrooms across the country, this national legal encyclopedia covers all state and federal legal topics. General rules of law are summarized in "Black Letter" headings and expanded upon in the text. Also provides the limitations and exceptions to the rules where appropriate. Since the citations and the supporting cases involve both state and federal courts, the user gets a full perspective of the law in a local jurisdiction as well as across the country.   More description of the Corpus Juris Secundum on the West Pub Co website Click on the link above to see how much this set costs!   Corpus Juris Secundum Cited and quoted as authority in courtrooms across the country, this national legal encyclopedia covers all state and federal legal topics. General rules of law are summarized in "Black Letter" headings and expanded upon in the text. Also provides the limitations and exceptions to the rules where appropriate. Since the citations and the supporting cases involve both state and federal courts, the user gets a full perspective of the law in a local jurisdiction as well as across the country.   More description of the Corpus Juris Secundum on the West Pub Co website Click on the link above to see how much this set costs!

COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS American Jurisprudence 2d This set provides an unparalled breadth of coverage of all fields of American law—state and federal, civil and criminal, substantive and procedural. The articles collect, examine, and summarize the broad principles of American law and, at the same time, provide direct leads to supporting cases, related annotations, forms, proofs, and trial techniques. Alphabetically arranged in more than 400 topics or chapters. More description of the American Jurisprudence 2d on the West Pub Co website Click on the link above to see how much this set costs! This set provides an unparalled breadth of coverage of all fields of American law—state and federal, civil and criminal, substantive and procedural. The articles collect, examine, and summarize the broad principles of American law and, at the same time, provide direct leads to supporting cases, related annotations, forms, proofs, and trial techniques. Alphabetically arranged in more than 400 topics or chapters. More description of the American Jurisprudence 2d on the West Pub Co website Click on the link above to see how much this set costs!

Other Legal Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Black’s Law Dictionary The first edition of this work was published by Henry Campbell Black in 1891. Many new legal terms have been added to the latest edition (7th), published in 1999 bringing the total to over 24,000 definitions of words, terms and phrases used in the law. Located on 2nd floor R 340.03 B56B The first edition of this work was published by Henry Campbell Black in 1891. Many new legal terms have been added to the latest edition (7th), published in 1999 bringing the total to over 24,000 definitions of words, terms and phrases used in the law.

West’s Encyclopedia of American Law Designed to meet the layperson's needs for basic legal information. Contains articles on legal principles and concepts, biographies of important people in legal matters, accounts of famous trials, important documents and laws. Supplements are published annually. R 348.7303 W52W 2ND ED Designed to meet the layperson's needs for basic legal information. Contains articles on legal principles and concepts, biographies of important people in legal matters, accounts of famous trials, important documents and laws. Supplements are published annually.

Education and the Law: A Dictionary This volume is part of the Contemporary Legal Issues Series and contains definitions of legal terms that affect education, such as due process, open meeting laws, hate speech codes, court cases important to education, major legislation, educational associations and organizations and definitions of other terms used in education such as :  busing, mainstreaming, released-time programs, sniff searches, suspension and vouchers. R 344.730703 T21E

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Contains articles on doctrinal concepts of constitutional law, (such as federalism, freedom of speech, age discrimination, the establishment clause), people associated with the development and interpretation of the constitution, articles on all amendments to the constitution, famous court cases, public laws (statutes, treaties, and executive orders) (such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990), plus articles on constitutional history. Each article has a bibliography of other sources that can be used for further information. R 342.73 En5l

Encyclopedia of Education Law This two volume set discusses in an encylopedia format the principles of education law and important cases and legislation that pertains to education. R 344.730703 R92e

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