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Title: Blacks Law Dictionary, Abridged by Henry Campbell Black, Brian A. Garner, West Publishing Company ISBN: 0-314-24077-2 Publisher: West Group Pub. Date: June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (50 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: if you've got a webster's dictionary, don't bother with this
Comment: almost everything in this crappy dictionary is in webster's, and webster's does a much better job with the definitions. i bought this dictionary right before starting my first year of law school, now i'm about to graduate and i've used it maybe 5 times tops. definitely not worth buying.
Rating: 5
Summary: Necessary!
Comment: I can't imagine trying to survive law school without it. Shell out the extra money (...y'know...a few extra hours at work the summer before you start law school...) to get this edition.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rebuttal to other reviews
Comment: Do not believe those reviewers who say that 1L's do not need this dictionary. I have struggled for almost a month now with my Mirriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law and other online dictionaries because these dictionaries do not give clear definitions. Black's, however, excels in clarity. For brevity's sake, I refrain from giving examples. Go look at the dictionary.
Some reviewers contend that the 7th edition is missing valuable information included in earlier editions. The missing information are largely case citations that give authority to various definitions. The 7th edition dispenses with this patchwork of lexicography in favor of an amalgamization approach aimed at transferring legal understanding to your mind as quickly as possible. If you need to do research on jurisdictional definitions of terms, consult Words and Phrases (multi-volume dictionary, every law library has it).
For those who are tempted to get the abridged version, I strongly encourage you to get the full version. The full version includes much commentary from legal treatises that expands understanding of the terms beyond the given definitions.
Finally, while you will have access to Black's on Westlaw your second semester, is there really a good substitute for hardcopy when your internet connection is down? Besides, if you are like me, you get sick of staring at the screen all day long.
Go buy this dictionary. You won't regret it.
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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: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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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: 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: Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams by Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy R. Paul ISBN: 0890897603 Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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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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