Wex is a collaboratively-edited
legal dictionary
A law dictionary (also known as legal dictionary) is a dictionary that is designed and compiled to give information about terms used in the field of law.
Types
Distinctions are made among various types of law dictionaries.
Differentiating facto ...
and
encyclopaedia
An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...
,
intended for broad use by "practically everyone, even law students and lawyers entering new areas of law".
It is sponsored and hosted by the
Legal Information Institute ("LII") at the
Cornell Law School.
Much of the material that appears in Wex was originally developed for the LII's "Law about..." pages, to which Wex is the successor.
Wex accepts contributions from qualified
experts and takes pains to qualify them.
It screens editors before allowing them to contribute.
See also
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Comparative law wiki Comparative law wikis are wikis that allow users to create empirical cross-reference datasets for the analysis of the world's myriad legal systems. Wikis are adaptable to use by any cross-geographical comparative study, such as comparative politics ...
References
External links
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American legal websites
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