Provides definitions of historical and modern terms as they are used in the legal community. Many entries also cite key cases pertinent to the topic. The Constitutional Law Dictionary . Santa Barbara, Ca. REF KF 4548.5 Includes definitions as well as discussion of the historical and current relevance.
Discussion includes precedent-setting cases relating to the topic.
Corpus Juris . X Corpus Juris Secundum . West Publishing Co., 1936-1983. Multi-volume legal encyclopedias which are each made up of over 400 alphabetically arranged topics that summarize rules of law. The articles have extensive footnotes that cite both federal and state cases relating to the topic.