Legal Reference Sources

Updated by Paul Hellyer
November 2024

Dictionaries

Black's Law Dictionary (12th ed. 2024) (on Westlaw)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus (6th ed. 2021) (on Lexis)

Wolters Kluwer Bouvier Law Dictionary (2012) (on Lexis)

Words and Phrases (on Westlaw)
Encyclopedias

American Jurisprudence 2d (on Westlaw)

Corpus Juris Secundum (on Westlaw)

Michie's Jurisprudence of Virginia and West Virginia (on Lexis)

Directories

Almanac of the Federal Judiciary

Lexis Judge Directories

Martindale.com

West Legal Directory (on Westlaw)

50 State Surveys
(These sources identify state laws on various topics)

50 State Regulatory Surveys (on Westlaw)

50 State Statutory Surveys (on Westlaw)

50 State Surveys, Legislation & Regulations (on Lexis)

National Survey of State Laws (on HeinOnline)

Subject Compilations of State Laws (on HeinOnline)

Foreign & International Research

Foreign Law Guide

GlobaLex

HeinOnline's Treaty Guides and Indexes

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (on HeinOnline)

International Encyclopaedia of Laws (on Kluwer Law Online)

Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3d ed. 2009) (on ProQuest Ebook Central)

United States Treaties in Force (from U.S. State Dept.)