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美国的法律百科全书属二次文献。同通用百科全书相比.其编排方式一致。都是标题(条目)按字母顺序排列,有全面的总索引和具体的主题索引。除此之外,法律百科全书还有其自己的特点:大量的脚注,其中包含的判例援引作为对正文条目解释的依据;文献的交互参考及与各自出版机构总的出版系统中其它检索工具的相互联系;最新的补编服务。法律百科全书的这些特点,使其成为非常实用的法律入门及判例查找工具书,而为法律专业学生及律师所广泛使用。
The United States encyclopedia of law is a second document. Compared with the universal encyclopedia, its arrangement is the same. All titles (entries) are in alphabetical order, with a comprehensive index and a specific topic index. In addition, the legal encyclopedia has its own characteristics: a large number of footnotes, which contain citations as a basis for the interpretation of the body of the article; cross-references to the literature and references to other search tools in the general publishing system of their respective publishers Interconnected; up-to-date supplement service. These features of the Encyclopaedia of Law make it a very useful primer on jurisprudence and case finding, and are widely used by law students and lawyers.