Legal Encyclopedias

Legal encyclopedias provide discussions of legal topics. Annotations included with each entry refer to court case reporters, statutes and digests of court cases. These encyclopedias are kept up to date with pocket supplements in the back of each volume.

• Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS)
  • "A contemporary statement of American law as derived from reported cases and legislation." Organized into more than 400 topics, arranged alphabetically.
  • Call Number: KF154.C62
  • Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
• American Jurisprudence
  • Discussions of points of law that are supported by cases that interpret and construe the law. Organized into more than 430 topics, arranged alphabetically.
  • Call Number: KF154.A5
  • Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
• Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia
  • Much like Corpus Juris Secundum for Pennsylvania law
  • Call Number: KFP65.P3
  • Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
• The Guide to American Law : Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia
  • Written for those who are not familiar with legal jargon, providing about 5000 articles in nontechnical language, arranged alphabetically.
  • Call Number: KF156.E83
  • Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library