A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage by Bryan A Garner
In recent years increasing emphasis has been placed on the need for clarity and precision in legal writing. The 6000 entries in this dictionary provide an accessible and updated guide, aiming to enable lawyers, judges and legal students concerned with legal language to resolve questions of phraseology, diction, grammar and style. Illustrated throughout with examples from statutes, briefs and law review articles, this text offers full coverage of British and American legal usage.
Garner, Bryan A.: - Bryan A. Garner, editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary, is the author of more than twenty books, including The Law of Judicial Precedent; Garner's Modern English Usage; The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation; Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace and Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing; and The Rules of Golf in Plain English. Counting Black's Law Dictionary and his other books, Garner is among the world's most widely cited legal scholars and has been cited by every appellate court, state and federal, in the country. He writes a syndicated column for the American Bar Association, which reaches over one million lawyers per month. He cowrote two books with Justice Scalia: Making Your Case (2008) and Reading Law (2012).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195065787 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195065786 |
| Title | A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage |
| Author | Bryan A Garner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1990-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
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