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  • Footnotes

    Footnotes This article examines the history and nature of footnotes and other annotational devices used in legal and other literature, particularly law reviews. The topic has received considerable attention in United States university law journals, which are heavily drawn on. The article starts by considering the nature of the glossing process and identifying different sorts…

  • Encyclopedia

    Encyclopedia in Law Libraries The follow definition of Encyclopedia is of use in law library research: A work containing factual articles on subjects in every field of knowledge, usually arranged alphabetically. A subject encyclopedia is a similar work, on a single field of activity or a […]

  • Legal Research

    Legal research is the investigation of information necessary to support legal decision-making, when applied by judges, or the search for authority that can be applied to a given set of facts and issues, when practiced by a researcher. International Legal Research Resources Encyclopedias, […]

  • Sectarianism

    Sect, Sectarianism From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Sect, Sectarianism (1): The Supreme Court of Nevada defines "sect" as follows: "A religious sect is a body or number of persons united in tenets, but constituting a distinct organization or party, by […]

  • Sectarianism

    Sect, Sectarianism From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Sect, Sectarianism (1): The Supreme Court of Nevada defines "sect" as follows: "A religious sect is a body or number of persons united in tenets, but constituting a distinct organization or party, by […]

  • Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law

    Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law Book Details Publication Date: 24-Sep-2014 Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-10: 1584771429 ISBN-13: 9781584771425 Format: Hardback and Soft Pages: 484 pages Collection: Middlebury Bicentennial Series in Environmental Studies 43 The Author Adolf Berger Review From the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series(volume 43, part 2 1953), reproduced by the…

  • Black’s Law Dictionary

    Black’s Law Dictionary The sustained popularity of this Legal dictionary since its appearance (like Bouvier’s Law Dictionary in the XIX Century) it was attributed to the scholarship and Learning of Henry Campbell Black, and to the plan adopted by him for the compilation of a legal lexicon. Now the editor is Bryan Garner, a lexicographer.…

  • A Dictionary of Taxation

    A Dictionary of Taxation Dictionary Details Title: A dictionary of taxation. Author: James, Simon, 1952- Edition: 2nd ed. Published: Cheltenham ; Northhampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2012. Number of Pages: 299 Subjects: Taxation — Dictionaries. Taxation. Great Britain. Dictionaries. Notes: Previous edition: 1998. Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued online. ISBN: 9781849801225 Dewey Number:…

  • Maxims of Law

    Maxims of Law or Legal Maxims According to the Bouvier’s Dictionary, a Maxim is an established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant with reason. Maxims in law are somewhat like axioms in geometry. See 1 Commentaries on the Laws of England (by Sir Wllliam Blackstone). 68. They…

  • Legal topics

    Academic Legal topics Law in general Comparative and uniform law Jurisprudence Legal Periodicals Bibliography Legal Monographic series Encyclopedias of Law Dictionaries of Law Words and phrases Legal Maxims Legal Quotations Legal Yearbooks Legal Directories Legal Research Legal composition and draftsmanship Legal Education Law societies International bar associations The legal profession Legal aid Legal assistance to…

  • Legal Encyclopedias

    Legal encyclopedias provide (generally) a brief, integrated statement of the law. They pull together an enormous body of legal literature, definitions, rules, and practice points derived mainly from case law. Indexes and cross-references are provided. Sections may be written by experts or by […]

  • Lexicon Juridicum

    Lexicon Juridicum Details of the Dictionary “Lexicon juridicum: hoc est, juris civilis et canonici in schola atque foro usitatarum vocum penus: accessit legum populi Romani copiosus index” Publisher: Geneva (Italy): Ex typographia Iacobi Stœr Year of Publication: 1615 About the Author: Jacob Stoer In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School…

  • Lexicon Juridicum

    Lexicon Juridicum Details of the Dictionary “Lexicon juridicum: hoc est, juris civilis et canonici in schola atque foro usitatarum vocum penus: accessit legum populi Romani copiosus index” Publisher: Geneva (Italy): Ex typographia Iacobi Stœr Year of Publication: 1615 About the Author: Jacob Stoer In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School…

  • A Dictionary of Law

    A Dictionary of Law One of the historical legal dictionaries is the “Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims.” As the original title states, it is a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Compiled and written by attorney William C. Anderson and published in Chicago by…

  • A Dictionary of Law

    A Dictionary of Law One of the historical legal dictionaries is the “Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims.” As the original title states, it is a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Compiled and written by attorney William C. Anderson and published in Chicago by…