Law Dictionary

by Steven H. Gifis

This valuable desk reference defines more than 3000 basic legal terms clearly and simply, without sacrificing technical accuracy. Terms apply to civil procedure, commercial law and contracts, constitutional law, criminal law, property law, and torts. Here's a fine reference book for law students, legal professionals, and anyone who deals with legal terminology.

Genres: Reference, Law, Nonfiction, The United States Of America

641 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Christina · Rating 1 out of 5]

It wasn't helpful when I needed it to be.

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a review of the 1975 paperback edition, which was my mother's book. This book has been updated, making this edition out of date. I've kept this for sentimental reasons. Mom scribbled notes in it. She was a legal secretary and paralegal.

It does have an alphabetical listing of major legal terms, up to 1975, anyway. These terms often pop up in legal thrillers and murder mysteries, so keeping any edition of this book around might be handy if you frequently read those genres.

As a reading experience, it's painful. I'm sure an audio book of this was blasted non-stop to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to make them break down.

[Hannah Grace]

i want to read this book

[Violet Hill]

New, fiction