Legal lexicography is the complex of activities concerned with the development of theories and principles for the design, compilation, use, and evaluation of dictionaries within the field of law, see e.g. Nielsen 1994.
Especially when making bilingual law dictionaries, the lexicographers need to take a broad view of what legal lexicography involves.
The aim of legal lexicography is to suggest principles and strategies that lead to good law dictionaries.
Based on the discussion in Nielsen 1994, there are a number of aspects that lexicographers should take into account when working with legal lexicography.
One of the important aspects of legal lexicography is to establish a profile of the intended dictionary users.