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Finding Books, Book Chapters, and Book Reviews: Encyclopedias & ALRs

Legal Encyclopedias

More legal encyclopedias, included specialized ones like Encyclopedia of the American Presidency or Encyclopedia of Law & Religion can be found via Julius. Additional state legal encyclopedias are available on Westlaw.

American Law Reports

An encyclopedia of legal topics written by an attorney editor, each annotated with case authorities and references. It tends to be more narrowly focused on a specific legal topic, in comparison to the other legal encyclopedias which may focus on a broad overview of the subject.

  • Encyclopedia of attorney-authored articles on a specific point of law
  • Annotates case law
  • Able to locate authority by jurisdiction
  • Great resource for researching circuit splits
  • Use ALR Index, or search