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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style (Essential Resource Library)

6 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Berkley, 2000

Sound advice, good principles, fun reading
Fowler's guide is too British. Merriam-Webster's guide is much too descriptive and seeks the low ground too often. Garner strikes just the right balance between descriptive (what most people actually say in common practice) and prescriptive (what good usage should be). The result is that his guidance is high toned without being stuffy. He also gives excellent counsel on proper pronunciation of ...

Black's Law Dictionary, Eighth Edition (Black's Law Dictionary (Standard Edition))

36 reviews

Thomson West, 2004

a home library must
If you do legal work at home, this dictionary is essential to have there. As a law student, I have unlimited access to the Westlaw version of Black's, but there are a great deal of missing entries in that format. I have literally never tried to look up a word in the hardbound version without finding it--not so with the online or pocket versions. It is also an excellent citation source for basic ...

The winning brief: 100 tips for persuasive briefing in trial and appellate courts

8 reviews
Bryan A Garner

LawProse, Inc, 1997

Helpful quick refernce
I am currently a law student, this book provides some insightful ideas and is useful because it doesn't require an hour of reading to pick out helpful relevant tips. All the 100 tips are outlined in the front and back cover so you can skim for something specific and go to it and read it. The author of this book is highly respected and provides many CLE classes, I recommend this book to anyone ...

The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style

9 reviews
Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, ...

West Group, 2002

time-tested excellence
I remember getting an earlier rendition of this book when I was in grade school, and now while in law school, it still comes in handy. If you are in any class or position where you need to write letters, compositions or just about anything else, you need this book. It will tell you when to use what word, when not to use what word, and is easy to use. Can't beat it!

Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges

29 reviews
Antonin Scalia, Bryan A. Garner

Thomson West, 2008

Words of Wisdom for Lawyers
Legal education does not end with the finishing of your law degree. The challange begins when you prepare your first brief and stand before the Judge to argue your first case. If you are not prepared well and are not confident to appear before the Judge your mind may become blank. The Skill of Advocacy is acquired slowly as time goes by and you become confident day by day. A good command over ...

A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage

10 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Oxford University Press, USA, 1995

Can't Live Without It
As an editor of legal newsletters, I do not know what I would do without this absolutely necessary tool of the trade. Not only do I, a non-attorney, find it indispensible, but my colleagues who are members of the Bar are constantly borrowing my copy "just to check." And whatever they, or I, am checking--it's in there. Garner has a way of condensing solid and often very intricate information into ...

A Handbook of Family Law Terms (Black's Law Dictionary Series)

1 review

West Group Publishing, 2001

Essential to any family law library
This book greatly simplifies the essential (and obtuse) concepts of family law. There are two reasons to buy this book: (1) better *family law* definitions and (2) you won't waste time wading through concepts that have nothing to do with family law. Some of the family law concepts are explained in enough detail that "encyclopedia" may have been a better title for the book than "dictionary." ...

Securities disclosure in plain English

1 review
Bryan A Garner

CCH Inc, 1999

As readable as disclosure documents should be
This book contains a wealth of good writing advice for any legal document that nonlawyers must read. It may be focused on SEC disclosure documents, but no lawyer could go wrong adopting the suggestions here. It covers document design, type, paragraphs, sentences, words, and legal-drafting conventions. And it covers all that in a text that is as readable and accessible as a good disclosure ...

A Handbook of Criminal Law Terms (Black's Law Dictionary Series)

1 review

West Publishing Company, 2000

Excellent reference book
For the ones who are not familiar with criminal law terms or have doubts about their meaning, this dictionary is extremely useful. You can find accurate explanations which also help you make a distinction between terms that may seem synonymous.

Garner's Modern American Usage

25 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Indispensable
I ordered this reference based on an essay I read by David Foster Wallace titled "Authority and American Usage." In it, Wallace dissects the ongoing debate between the Prescriptivists (those claiming to defend the King's English) and the Descriptivists (those who claim language rules should reflect current practice rather than old rules), and he does so in the context of, essentially, a ...

A Handbook of Basic Law Terms (Black's Law Dictionary Series)

3 reviews

West Publishing Company, 1999

Handbook of basic law terms
This is a wonderful book. It is great to have and helpful in my criminal justice and law classes. I would recommend to a friend

Black's Law Dictionary (Pocket), 3rd Edition

9 reviews

Thomson West, 2006

Words of Law
As a working librarian, I had this valuable dictionary near my desk through several incarnations. Patrons searching to understand their insurance policies, a court order, a contract and other legal documents expected the librarian to know all the words. With "Black's Law Dictionary" we were able to decipher most of the jargon to the patron's satisfaction. I have added it to my personal writing ...

Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text With Exercises

21 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

University Of Chicago Press, 2001

Excellent
Simply put, this is a handy writing guide for lawyers. Just casually flipping through this book for a few minutes will make you a better writer. For example, I especially like the lists, which give you substitutes for legalese or summarize styles that Judges like. Briefly reading through this book taught me more than I learned in an entire semester of Legal Research & Writing. I highly ...

The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Court

9 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Better brief writing and more
Bryan A. Garner, editor-in-chief for the latest edition of Black's Law Dictionary, is one of America's foremost proponents of the "plain English" movement in the law. In The Winning Brief, Mr. Garner distills the principles found in his seminars and his other books (such as The Elements of Legal Style) and channels them toward one goal: helping the reader write better legal briefs. The Winning ...

The Rules of Golf in Plain English

6 reviews
Jeffrey S. Kuhn, Bryan A. Garner

University Of Chicago Press, 2004

Great Book
This book made the rules of golf very easy to understand. I love having it in my bag.

A Dictionary of Modern American Usage

19 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

A worthy heir to Fowler
For three generations, a single book dominated the market as the authoritative reference in matters of grammar, style, and usage in the English language: "A Dictionary of Modern English Usage" by H.W. Fowler, first published in 1926, ably revised by Sir Ernest Gowers in 1965, and now in its third edition (published 1996). But by the century's last quarter, the modern English language -- ...

The Elements of Legal Style

15 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Oxford University Press, USA, 1991

Not just for lawyers
I am a physician who tested out of all college English to focus on science. Writing chart notes, scientific articles, or even parts of textbooks does not prepare one for the type of writing one must do when performing legal work. Scientific-technical writing, legal writing, or the best-selling novel all require different writing styles. Mr. Garner's book must be a help to law students based ...

Black's Law Dictionary Digital

10 reviews

West Group, 2006

This is a must have!
This is a great law dictionary, with just about everything you would want to know. The only bad thing I can say is, it should have a cd for your own portable use. It is just a validation code to download the dictionary which is misleading because a little booklet comes in a hugh box that you assume is a cd.

The Rules of Golf in Plain English, Second Edition

1 review
Jeffrey S. Kuhn, Bryan A. Garner

University Of Chicago Press, 2008

Say What???
Ok, so I bought the rules of Golf in plain English...now what? Each rule has footnotes and parenthetical clauses which render it virtually useless. I did get that you may only pick up your ball on the green. But water is a two stroke penalty. Does that mean that if I hit water I count my drive and add on two strokes, or do I drop from where the ball went out and commence with a score of ...

Black's Law Dictionary, Deluxe Edition in Slipcase

3 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Thomson West, 2004

Black's
This is a must have for anyone who wants to know what those pesky legal terms mean, especially the Latin ones! Black's is the ultimate basic law reference book. There is nothing like a good hard cover copy of a timeless reference. An absolute requirement for law students, start building your library for practice folks.

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