Author: John Cowell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Law Dictionary, Or, The Interpreter of Words and Terms,
Author: John Cowell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation
Author: William D. Popkin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Statutory interpretation has become the most commonly-required skill of the modern lawyer. A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation provides a ready reference to the important terms and ideas that arise in connection with determining the meaning of legislation. Chapter 1 includes over 100 entries, including the following: ambiguity the absurdity canon linguistic and substantive canons legislative intent legislative purpose legislative history textualism Legal Realism Law and Economics Each entry includes a definition, an explanation of the relevance of the term and ideas for statutory interpretation, some history about its use, and a concise discussion of contemporary issues. The author expresses his point of view in the discussion of these issues - which is generally skeptical about textualism - but presents all sides of the debate. A "reference" section allows for further research on each subject. Chapter 2 includes over 35 famous quotations dealing with the interpretation of statutes, along with historical and critical commentary. The entries include Learned Hand, Holmes, Calabresi, Posner, Easterbrook, Pound, Blackstone, etc. The book will be useful for lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students who want an entry into the contemporary debate about how to interpret legislation, along with an insight into what is at stake in those debates. "...filled with usefully extended treatments of important and interesting legal terms." -- The Green Bag "This book will be a useful tool for readers or libraries needing a good single-volume guide to statutory interpretation. Summing up: Highly recommended." -- CHOICE "Librarians and researchers . . . should consider A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation an essential reference work (for a very affordable price). . . . [It] will likely become a go-to resource when quick but in-depth analysis of a statutory interpretation question is sought." -- Legal Information Alert, (Volume 26, Issue #9), Alert Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL. www.alertpub.com
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Statutory interpretation has become the most commonly-required skill of the modern lawyer. A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation provides a ready reference to the important terms and ideas that arise in connection with determining the meaning of legislation. Chapter 1 includes over 100 entries, including the following: ambiguity the absurdity canon linguistic and substantive canons legislative intent legislative purpose legislative history textualism Legal Realism Law and Economics Each entry includes a definition, an explanation of the relevance of the term and ideas for statutory interpretation, some history about its use, and a concise discussion of contemporary issues. The author expresses his point of view in the discussion of these issues - which is generally skeptical about textualism - but presents all sides of the debate. A "reference" section allows for further research on each subject. Chapter 2 includes over 35 famous quotations dealing with the interpretation of statutes, along with historical and critical commentary. The entries include Learned Hand, Holmes, Calabresi, Posner, Easterbrook, Pound, Blackstone, etc. The book will be useful for lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students who want an entry into the contemporary debate about how to interpret legislation, along with an insight into what is at stake in those debates. "...filled with usefully extended treatments of important and interesting legal terms." -- The Green Bag "This book will be a useful tool for readers or libraries needing a good single-volume guide to statutory interpretation. Summing up: Highly recommended." -- CHOICE "Librarians and researchers . . . should consider A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation an essential reference work (for a very affordable price). . . . [It] will likely become a go-to resource when quick but in-depth analysis of a statutory interpretation question is sought." -- Legal Information Alert, (Volume 26, Issue #9), Alert Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL. www.alertpub.com
Black's Law Dictionary
Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: West Legalworks
ISBN: 9780314151995
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1810
Book Description
Features more than ten thousand legal terms and includes a dictionary guide and the complete United States Constitution.
Publisher: West Legalworks
ISBN: 9780314151995
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1810
Book Description
Features more than ten thousand legal terms and includes a dictionary guide and the complete United States Constitution.
Νομο-λεξικον: a Law-Dictionary. Interpreting such difficult and obscure words and terms, as are found either in our common or statute, ancient or modern lawes, etc
Author: Thomas Blount
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A Concise Legal Dictionary Adapted for the Use of Law Students and All Persons Studying the Fundamentals of English and American Law
Author: Charles Erehart Chadman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
A Law Dictionary
Author: John Bouvier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union
Author: John Bouvier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Bouvier's Law Dictionary
Author: John Bouvier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
A Law Dictionary of Words, Terms, Abbreviations and Phrases which are Peculiar to the Law and of Those which Have a Peculiar Meaning in the Law
Author: James Arthur Ballentine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Law Lexicon Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence
Author: Wharton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description