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Secondary Legal Sources : Dictionaries
This guide highlights a variety of secondary sources which are extremely useful in legal research. A go-to list with books organized by topic.
Introduction
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Annotated Law Reports
Restatements
Periodicals
Forms and Practice Sets
Treatises / Looseleafs
By Subject: A to B
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Administrative Law KF 5400
Antitrust Law KF 1649
Banking KF 966
Bankruptcy KF 1500
C to E
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Constitutional Law KF 4500
Contracts KF 800
Copyright KF2991
Corporations KF 1400
Criminal Law & Procedure KF 9201-9600
Evidence KF 9600
F to K
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Family Law KF 504
Fed. Practice & Proc. KF 8840
Immigration KF 4800
Insurance Law KF 1164
Juries KF 8900 - 9600
L to M
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Municipal Law KF 5300
N to S
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Real Property KF 570
Securities Law KF 1400
T to Z
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Taxation KF 6300
Torts KF 1250
Uniform Commercial Code KF 879
Zoning Law KF 5698
Dictionaries
For deciphering legal abbreviations and defining legal vocabulary, these resources are widely used.
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
Available through LexisNexis.
Black's Law Dictionary
ISBN: 0314199500
Available through Westlaw.
Words and Phrases
This multi-volume dictionary includes definitions as well as how the term or word has been defined by the state and federal courts. Available through Westlaw.
Oxford Dictionary of Americal Legal Quotations
by
Shapiro
Princes Dictionary of Legal Citations
by
Mary Miles Prince
Call Number: Law Library Reference Ref KF246 .P73 2021
ISBN: 9780837741673
Publication Date: 2021-01-01
In Library Use Only
World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
by
Mary M. Prince (Editor)
Call Number: Law Library Reference Ref K85 .W67
ISBN: 9780899417813
In Library Use Only
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