Encyclopaedias
Legal encyclopaedias provide succinct commentary on the current state of the law. They are arranged systematically with case and statute law authorities in support of legal propositions. These legal encyclopaedias may be searched or browsed through a Table of Contents.
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Australia
Laws of Australia on Legal Online
The screenshot below shows the browse option in the left panel where you browse by subject classification, and the search options (eg. free text, case name, legislation, etc) on the main screen.
Halsburys Laws of Australia on LexisNexis AU
The Browse tab is selected in the image below to illustrate some of the Chapters within Halsburys Laws of Australia. Selecting the Search tab will display the search screen for this service.
New Zealand
Halsburys Laws of New Zealand on LexisNexis
United Kingdom
Halsbury's Laws of England – not available online – held in Law Reference
Canada
Canadian Encyclopaedic Digest on Westlaw
United States
Corpus Juris Secundum Westlaw
American Jurisprudence, 2d Westlaw;
LexisNexis
Restatements of the Law (American Law Institute) Westlaw;
LexisNexis
(search for Restatements of the Law within Find a Source)
(Source: image only, from American Jurisprudence Table of Contents, on Westlaw)
