Description

The fourth edition, revised, is now available. 272 pages (twice as long as the third edition), ISBN 0-941991-91-1. Earlier editions have been purchased by law libraries, non-law libraries, and legal researchers around the world.

Find the definitions you need of hundreds of terms used in legal research and bibliography. Coverage includes the judicial, legislative and executive branches of federal, state, and local government. Multiple cross-references are provided to related terms. Each defined term is further explained with additional details and commentary. With clear definitions of both basic and complex terms, the Dictionary is an excellent resource for both beginning and experienced legal researchers, and for any librarian who answers legal research questions.

Among the hundreds of legal terms defined in the dictionary are the following:

act
advance sheets
advisory opinion
annotated code
annotation
blue book
calendar
citator
code
decision
digest
executive order
headnote
historical comment
judicial council
key number
later case service
legislative history
local law
memorandum opinion
model code
nominative reporter
parallel citation
pocket part
primary authority
restatement
secondary authority
session law
slip law
slip opinion
special statute
uncodified
uniform act

The Legal Research Dictionary: from Advance Sheets to Pocket Parts, fourth edition, revised is an essential reference title for attorneys, law students, library staff, paralegals, and others. Compiled by Elyse H. Fox, JD, MSLS. Ms. Fox has worked as a law librarian for 40+ years. She previously practiced law in Chicago and Boston and taught legal research.