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Title: Blacks Law Dictionary by Bryan A. Garner, Becky R. McDaniel, David W. Schultz, Blacks, Henry Campbell Black ISBN: 0-314-06690-X Publisher: West Pub. Date: July, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.65 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (50 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have for the legal proffesional or law studnet!
Comment: Know of of a lawyer (whom does not already have this indespenseable tool) or of a person heading to law school; then you should buy this book for them, i.e., Black's Law Dictionary by Bryan A. Garner (Editor), et al. The reference book starts out with a pronunciation guide; preface (which is very well written indeed); guide to dictionary; list of abbreviations; dictionary; seven appendixes, legal maxims, the constitution of the united states of america, universal declaration human rights; time chart of the united states supreme court; federal circuita map; british regnal years; list of works cited. The price is abit steep ... but it is well worth its price.
Rating: 3
Summary: Think why you need it before you buy it!
Comment: Black's has long been mandatory to purchase at most major law schools. But after the first year, it is little used, and few lawyers are seen to use it. It is the sort of book you'll see gathering dust in a lawyer's bookshelves.
The difficulty is that Black's, to be useful everywhere (if it can be) gives common-law definitions. Lawyers are usually interested in how words have been defined and construed by the courts of the state they practice in. A definition from Black's really doesn't have that much weight, a judge wants a precedent, not a nineteenth century definition.
With the Internet containing many reference manuals, the utility of Black's is even less. However, it is useful for the person (law student, paralegal, lay person who must read legal documents) who is a little over their head in legal matters and needs a reference. Just so that you understand your legislature may have defined a word differently than what's in Black's . . .
Make sure you're going to use it before you buy it, the various editions are awfully expensive just to gather dust.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for lawyers, not needed for law students
Comment: Black's is widely regarded as the ultimate authority for the definition of legal terms. I bought the leather-bound version on the first day of law school, but never used it once. (A law student can get by with a paperback legal dictionary.) However, I HAVE used this book as a practicing attorney. I once used it as authority in a brief, and the judge actually relied on the Black's definition to justify his order in my favor.
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Title: Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text With Exercises by Bryan A. Garner ISBN: 0226284182 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Dictionary of Legal Terms: A Simplified Guide to the Language of Law by Steven H. Gifis ISBN: 0764102869 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Civil Procedure: Examples and Explanations (The Examples & Explanations Series) by Joseph W. Glannon ISBN: 073551982X Publisher: Panel Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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Title: Burton's Legal Thesaurus, 3rd Edition by William C. Burton ISBN: 0071373098 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 05 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won't Learn in Class by Shana Connell Noyes, Henry S. Noyes ISBN: 0837709121 Publisher: William s Hein & Co Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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