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Black's Law Dictionary, Eighth Edition (Black's Law Dictionary (Standard Edition)) (Hardcover)
by Bryan A. Garner (Editor-in-Chief)
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Author: Bryan A. Garner (Editor-in-Chief)
Publisher: Thomson West; 8th edition
Pub. in: June, 2004
ISBN: 0314151990
Pages: 1,810
Measurements: 10.1 x 7.9 x 2.5 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00735
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0314151995
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The most authoritive law dictionary ever published, a must own for all legal professionals. |
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The preparation of Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed.) was a continuation of an effort begun in the 7th edition to conduct a complete overhaul of the dictionary. Bryan Garner, Editor-in-Chief at Black's Law Dictionary and a University of Texas School of Law alumnus, led the effort to make the dictionary's definitions more concise, improve the coverage of legal terms, and to make the dictionary better adhere to principles of lexicography. For the 7th edition, Garner and his staff researched and wrote every definition "from scratch." For the 8th edition, Garner sent the definitions to legal experts for further examination and revision. Additionally, he enlisted experts from several different fields in the law, resulting in greater coverage in their areas and greatly amplified appendixes.
Contents of the Collection
The collection consists almost entirely of drafts of sections of Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed.) with revisions marked by members of an academic and practitioner review panel. Each folder contains one edited section and in most cases includes brief correspondence between the reviewer and the editor. For their editing duties, reviewers looked at all terms under one letter in the alphabet, at a selection of terms for a range of letters, or at terms for a specific topic. Sections vary in length, and can be as large as one hundred pages.
The four series in the collection loosely reflect the organization of the dictionary. The first, and largest series, "Edited drafts, A-Z terms," consists of the terms that appear in the dictionary between A-Z. The series "Edited drafts, specialized topics" contains terms pulled from the A-Z sections that relate to specific areas or topics within the law. The series "Edited drafts, appendixes" contains an edited table of legal abbreviations. Finally, the series "Edited drafts, new entries" consists of entries new to the 8th edition. While the collection consists almost entirely of edited drafts, a small amount of correspondence between Garner and members of the review panel is found in the first series in the folder "Suggestions for new entries."
Target readers:
Attorneys, law students and other legal professionals. Also highly recommended for corporate and public libraries.
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Bryan A. Garner is a best-selling legal author with more than a dozen titles to his credit, including A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, The Winning Brief, A Dictionary of Modern American Usage, and Legal Writing in Plain English. He is also the editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary in all its current editions.
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Edited by Bryan A. Garner, the world's leading legal lexicographer, Black's Law Dictionary, 8th Edition is now better than ever! The new 8th Edition has more than 43,000 definitions, plus almost 3,000 quotations. Alternative spellings or equivalent terms and expressions are provided for more than 5,300 terms and senses, serving a thesaurus-like function. The extensive appendix on legal abbreviations is a major addition. It's the first time such a comprehensive guide has been included in a modern law dictionary, and is an invaluable aid to the legal researcher.
-17,000 more definitions than the 7th Edition
-Newly enhanced with West Key Numbers for research reference
-Includes changes made since the creation of the department of Homeland Security
-Almost 3,000 quotations from authorities drawn from sources over at least five centuries
-More than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms are defined
-Extensive appendix on legal abbreviations
-Faculty recommended
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Jon Linden (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-24 00:00>
Black's Law Dictionary is the premier legal reference book in publication today. All the commonly used legal terminology is contained therein. All those little Latin phrases that are utilized by attorneys are translated and elucidated. Any person that is involved in the legal system in any way will find the book indispensable.
Many times people can be judged by their grasp of legal lingo. Black's Dictionary makes you an expert in 'legal-speak.' In addition, when interpreting contracts or legal transcripts those often used but archaic legal terms are all in the book.
Black's Law Dictionary is recommended for attorneys and non-attorneys as the ultimate legal terminology reference book. Any one who deals with the legal system in any way should have it in their reference library.
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Ryan Setliff (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-24 00:00>
Black's Law Dictionary is indispensable for any aspiring attorney or jurist. This is the deluxe edition, and it costs me a hefty $100. The thumb-index is a plus, and is certainly a convenient time-saver. If you're a law student and aspiring to be an attorney, it seems only practical to get a law dictionary for the ages-and getting alphabetical thumb-index certainly makes this edition worthwhile. Odds are you won't need to buy any future edition as legal principles are relatively fixed in place, so why not just get the top of the line standard bearer from the beginning? At over 1000 pages, Black's Law Dictionary packs a punch and rarely lives one unable to find a defintion. Black's is renowned for its precise denotations of legal terms-with ample depth and clarity given to the subsidiary terms that other legal dictionaries leave out. |
Keith Kimmel (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-24 00:00>
When the stakes are high, when failure is not an option, when there wont be a second chance, when reputations are on the table, there is only one book that you should have on your desk for legal definitions, and that book is Black's Law Dictionary. For years, Black's Law Dictionary has been a staple at firms large and small alike, serving as an invaluable reference when one needs a universally accepted and respected definition of a term.
Cases are often made (or not made) based not on a cold, dry reading of the law itself but rather the efficiency with which the practitioner conveys his point and makes it stand on its own. A compelling brief is often short but makes extensive use of powerful language to grab the reader's attention and hold it. A well written pleading will have it's reader thinking about the points made therein long after the proceeding has concluded.
This is a reference volume you will refer to time and time again, it is well worth the expense and no other product can compare. A mechanic is only as good as his tools, and a legal practitioner is only as good as the research materials he has access to.
Black's Law Dictionary is the most concise, most complete collection of legal definitions ever assembled.
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Brian Craig (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-24 00:00>
Black's Law Dictionary continues as the preeminent legal dictionary in its eighth and latest edition and is a must have for even the smallest law library. The black hardcover replaces the not so aesthetically pleasing red cover in the seventh edition.
The U.S. Supreme Court cited to Black's Law Dictionary in 10 of the 82 opinions it issued during the 2003-2004 session and the Minnesota Supreme Court has cited to Black's Law Dictionary in 31 opinions since 2000.
Some of the new terms in the updated eighth edition include "cyberpiracy," "cyberterrorism," "chad," "ethnic cleansing," and "grandparent rights." Earlier editions had omitted some commonplace terms such as "sidebar comment" and "senatorial courtesy."
Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner, who also authored A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage and The Elements of Legal Style, has been praised by the ABA Appellate Practice Journal as "the preeminent expert in America on good legal writing" and received the prestigious 1994 Henry C. Lind Award by the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions. Garner also received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Thomas M. Cooley School of Law in Michigan and heads Law Prose Inc., a continuing legal education group that trains judges and attorneys in legal writing and drafting. Black's Law Dictionary is not only an excellent reference book, but it is also an effective and persuasive authority to cite in briefs.
The latest edition continues the high standard set by Henry Campbell Black, an English legal scholar who authored treatises on topics from contracts to liquor laws, who compiled the first edition of Black's Law Dictionary in 1891. |
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