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CHAPTER 8
Secondary Sources
The Bluebook
Rules 15, 16, 17, 18
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These rules provide examples of
secondary source formatting
If no examples for a particular or exact
source can be found, use the format for a
similar resource
Secondary Sources
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Legal Encyclopedias
American Law Reports
American Law Reports
Federal
Treatises
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Hornbooks
Nutshells
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Looseleaf Services
Periodicals
Legal Dictionaries
Legal Thesaurus
Features of Secondary Sources
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Descriptive Word Index
Table of Contents
Table of Statutes Cited
Table of Cases Cited
Table of Abbreviations
Preface
Legal Encyclopedias
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Collection of legal information arranged
alphabetically by topic
There are two major legal encyclopedias
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American Jurisprudence 2d (Am. Jur. 2d)
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Using Legal Encyclopedias
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Start with the index
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Determine terms to check
Review subtopics under main topic
Note topic and section numbers
Go to the volume and find the appropriate
section
American Law Reports
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Uses recent cases which are then fully
annotated
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Cases
Statutes
Two types:
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A.L.R.
A.L.R. Fed.
American Law Reports
Features
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Table of Contents
Research References
Research Sources
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Includes electronic
search query
Descriptive Word
Index
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Jurisdictional Table of
Cited Statutes and
Cases
Related Annotations
Summary and
Comment
Practice Pointers
Substantive Section
Treatises
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Single book or multivolume series dealing
with a single legal topic
Usually written by a legal scholar or
attorney specialist in the field
Hornbooks are treatises published by West
and used primarily by law students
Nutshell Series books are condensed
versions of hornbooks
Periodicals
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Journals
Magazines
Law Reviews
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Guides to periodicals
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Current Law Index
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
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LegalTrac
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Looseleaf Services
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Published in binder form
Commonly used regarding administrative
regulations
Allows for frequent supplementation
without the use or need for pocket parts