Legal bibliography is the bibliography of law. The term has been applied to "the kinds and functions of legal materials" and to "lists of law books and related materials". [1]
Percy Winfield said that a "perfect legal bibliography" would be "a critical and historical account of every known source of the law of the state with which it assumes to deal". [2]
In 1835, David Hoffman said that the legal bibliography of France and Germany, especially in the separate treatises on various branches of the law, was, by that date, "extensive, exact and learned". He also said that in England "in jurisprudence (beyond a naked catalogue) we have scarce another name than Bridgman". [3]
Marvin's Legal Bibliography was the first publication of its kind to originate from the United States of America. [4]
In 1988, Bookman's Yearbook said that legal bibliography was in a "sorry state". [5]
Oceana Publications Inc. was a legal publisher. It was founded in 1945. It was based in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Oxford University Press acquired the assets of the company in 2005.
Solicitors Journal is a monthly legal journal published in the United Kingdom by the International In-house Counsel Journal, Cambridge. It was established in 1856 and covers "practical and independent updates and analysis about the latest developments affecting the legal profession." The magazine has its headquarters in Cambridge.
Ans du Roy Richard II., hors des les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke is the title of a collection of law reports, compiled by Richard Bellewe, of cases decided between approximately 1378 and 1400. For the purpose of citation their name may be abbreviated to "Bel". They are reprinted in volume 72 of the English Reports.
The Reporters is a book on the subject of law reporters, written by John William Wallace.
Ascuns novel cases de le ans et temps le Roy H. VIII., Edv. VI, and la Roygne Mary. Escrie ex la graund Abridgment, compose per Sir Robert Brooke, Chivaler, &c., la, disperse en les Titles; mes icy collect sub ans is the title of a collection of law reports, compiled by Richard Bellewe, of cases decided between approximately 1515 and 1558. They are reprinted in volume 73 of the English Reports.
Richard Bellewe or Bellew was a legal reporter of Irish ancestry and a member of Lincoln's Inn. He published the abridgment sometimes referred to as Brook's New Cases in 1578 and the abridgment sometimes referred to as Bellewe's Cases temp. Richard II in 1585.
Les Reports des divers resolutions et judgement donne par les de la Ley en le Temps del Reigne de Hen. VIII., Edw. VI., and Mar. Eliz. Jac. I. et Car. I. is the title of a collection of nominate reports, by Gulielme Bendloe, of cases decided between approximately 1531 and 1628. For the purpose of citation, their name may be abbreviated to "Benl". They are reprinted in volume 73 of the English Reports.
Les Reports des divers Cases en le Court del Common Bank, en le several Reignes de Hen. VII., Hen. VIII., Edw. VI., et Mar. et Eliz. is a collection of nominate reports, attributed to Gulielme Benloe and Gulielme Dalison, of cases decided by the Court of Common Pleas between approximately 1486 and 1580. For the purpose of citation, their name may be abbreviated to "Ben & D". They are reprinted in volume 123 of the English Reports.
Legal Bibliography is a book by John Gage Marvin. It is a bibliography of law. It was the first publication of its kind to originate from the United States of America.
A Short View of Legal Bibliography is a book by Richard W. Bridgman. It was first published in 1807.
This list is a legal bibliography.
Where to Find Your Law is a book by Ernest Arthur Jelf, M.A. It is a bibliography of law.
Sir Percy Henry Winfield was Rouse Ball Professor of English Law between 1928 and 1943. He was born at Stoke Ferry in Norfolk. He died at his home at 13 Cranmer Road in Cambridge. He was married to Lady Helena Winfield, née Scruby. He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.
Current Law Statutes Annotated, published between 1994 and 2004 as Current Law Statutes, contains annotated copies of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed since 1947 and Acts of the Scottish Parliament passed since 1999. It is published by Sweet & Maxwell in London and by W Green in Edinburgh. It was formerly also published by Stevens & sons in London.
A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations, formerly Sweet & Maxwell's Legal Bibliography, is a bibliography of law published in London by Sweet & Maxwell.
Lawyers Law Books: A Practical Index to Legal Literature is a bibliography of law. The First Edition was by John Rees and Donald Raistrick. The Second and Third were by the latter author alone.
Law Books in Print is a descriptive legal bibliography. It was published by Glanville Press. Marke, Sloan and Ryan said it is "an excellent source". S. Houston Lay said that a copy should be in the possession of all substantial law libraries. Law Books in Print is the primary series for the determination of prices and current editions. It is updated by Law Books Published.
Bowker's Law Books and Serials in Print is a descriptive legal bibliography, and is one of the two main publications of this type. Law libraries often use it as an aid to collection development. It is a "standard reference work". It is "irresistible". It is complemented by International Legal Books in Print. It is published by R. R. Bowker.
Information Sources in Law is a book.
Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England is an encyclopedia of English law edited by Alexander Wood Renton and (captain) Maxwell Alexander Robertson. The first edition was published as Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England, Being a New Abridgment, in thirteen volumes, from 1897 to 1903. The second edition was published as Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England, with Forms and Precedents, in seventeen volumes, from 1906 to 1919. Volumes one to five of the third edition, revised, edited by Ernest Arthur Jelf, were published from 1938 to 1940.