Corpus Iuris Secundum

Corpus Iuris Secundum (CJS) is an encyclopedia about the law of the United States of America at the federal and state levels. It is divided into over 430 subject areas. In 2010, CJS consisted of 164 bound books, various index volumes and overviews.

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The Corpus Iuris Secundum is named after the Corpus Iuris Civilis of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I , which appeared in the 6th century and who carried out the first comprehensive codification of Roman law . Secundum states that it is the second encyclopedia of its kind applicable under US law. The first such encyclopedia of US law was published by the American Law Book Company from 1914 to 1937 (Corpus Juris - ZDB ID: 706138-9).

Editing and Distribution

The Corpus Iuris Secundum has been published in printed form by Verlag West (now part of The Thomson Corporation ) and published on Westlaw since 1936 . Until it was taken over by Thomson, it was a competitor to American Jurisprudence (AM. JUR.).

The importance of printed legal encyclopedias such as CJS and American Jurisprudence have declined in recent years due to the steadily growing legislative regulations and are now more and more limited to use as reference and for searching for sources for US case law.

Structure and citation

The Codex is divided into books with a consecutive number, the historical volumes (1 to 101 with alphabetical additions if necessary) and the book title. The historical volumes have been divided alphabetically into areas of law, Book 1 = Volume 1 is entitled: Abandonment to Accountants and Book 146 = Volume 101A is entitled: Zoning and Land Planning . The indices, Table of Laws and Rules and Tables of Cases are generally not included in the count.

The Codex is cited as follows (example): 63 CJS Municipal Corporations § 747 (1950 & Supp. 2007). 63 means the corresponding (historical) volume number of the reference work, CJS stands for Corpus Juris Secundum, Municipal Corporations is the title of the volume (indicated in italics), paragraph mark and number; Date of the main publication ( 1950 ) and the paperback edition, if a citation can only be found in this one (here 2007 ).

Under certain circumstances, a special page reference may also be required, which must be cited.

Media presence

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

Web links

Presentation of CJS on the West- Verlag website (in English).

Individual evidence

↑ Articles in CJS tend to be longer and more detailed than American Jurisprudence .
↑ When the reference work was expanded, alphabetical additions were made, e.g. B. 47A, 47B, 47C. Volume 47A corresponds to Book 85, Volume 47B to Book 86, Volume 47C to Book 87.

[1] Articles in CJS tend to be longer and more detailed than American Jurisprudence .

[2] When the reference work was expanded, alphabetical additions were made, e.g. B. 47A, 47B, 47C. Volume 47A corresponds to Book 85, Volume 47B to Book 86, Volume 47C to Book 87.