在美国众多的法律文献资源中,法律期刊占有特殊的位置。尽管在18世纪,一般的美国期刊就已刊载大量的有关法律发展的文章,但直到1808年,才第一次在费城出版了专门的法律杂志—《美国法律杂志及综合目录》(American Law Journal and Miscellaneous Reper-tory).今日的法律期刊为数众多,从类型及特征上可划分为两种,一种是发表理论论文及 Among the many sources of legal literature in the United States, legal journals have a special place. Although in the 18th century ordinary American journals had published numerous articles on the development of law, it was not until 1808 that the first time in Philadelphia was the publication of a special law magazine, the American Law Journal and Miscellaneous Recycling. Today’s legal journals are numerous and can be divided into two types and characteristics, one is the publication of theoretical papers and