Corpus Juris Secundum

Corpus Juris Secundum

Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) is an encyclopedia of U.S. law (see Secondary authority). Its full title is Corpus Juris Secundum: Complete Restatement Of The Entire American Law As Developed By All Reported Cases (1936- ) It contains an alphabetical arrangement of legal topics as developed by U.S. federal and state cases.

CJS is an authoritative American legal encyclopedia that provides a clear statement of each area of law including areas of the law that are evolving and provides footnoted citations to case law and other primary sources of law. Named after the 6th century Corpus Juris Civilis of Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire, the first codification of Roman law and civil law. (The name Corpus Juris literally means "body of the law"; Secundum denotes the second edition of the encyclopedia, which was originally issued as Corpus Juris by the American Law Book Company.)

CJS is published by West, a Thomson Reuters business. It is updated with annual supplements to reflect modern developments in the law. Entire volumes are revised and reissued periodically as the supplements become large enough. It is also on Westlaw.[1] Before Thomson's acquisition of West, the CJS competed against the American Jurisprudence legal encyclopedia.

Three volumes of Corpus Juris Secundum appear in the closing credits of the Perry Mason television series.

External links and references

Thomson West description of Corpus Juris Secundum

  1. ^ "Westlaw: Using Secondary Sources". West. http://west.thomson.com/documentation/westlaw/wlawdoc/lawstu/lssecd06.pdf. 

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