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Legal encyclopedias provide introductions to legal topics, explain relevant terms, and provide citations to relevant primary law and cases.
American Jurisprudence is a national legal encyclopedia that summarizes the broad principles of U.S. law and provides citations to cases, statutes, and rules.
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KF 154 .A42
Texas Jurisprudence is the Texas state equivalent of the national legal encyclopedia.
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KFT 1265 .T49
Both American Jurisprudence and Texas Jurisprudence are available full-text in Westlaw.
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"Choose a section from both Tex Jur and Am Jur. that relate to your topic and include it. Choose one case from either Tex Jur or Am Jur and write a two page summary of that case using the IRAC format."