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A Dictionary of Law, 7th Edition

A Dictionary of Law, 7th Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199669868
Published In: January 2013
Format: Paperback , 624 pages
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More than 4,200 clear, jargon-free entries
Defines all the major legal terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system
In-depth feature entries for key topics such as adoption law and terrorism acts
Covers important new legislation in company law, constitutional law, criminal law, and many other areas
Includes terms taken from European, international, human rights, and environmental law
Recommended web links for many entries, accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Lawcompanion website

New to this edition

Reissued with a new cover and essential updates to reflect recent changes in legislation

This best-selling dictionary is an authoritative and comprehensive source of jargon-free legal information. It contains over 4,200 entries that clearly define the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system. This is a reissue with new covers and essential updates to account for recent changes.

Highlighted feature entries discuss key topics in detail, for example adoption law, the appeals system, statement of terms of employment, and terrorism acts, and there is a useful Writing and Citation Guide that specifically addresses problems and established conventions for writing legal essays and reports. Now providing more information than ever before, this edition features recommended web links for many entries, which are accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Law companion website.

Described by leading university lecturers as 'the best law dictionary' and 'excellent for non-law students as well as law undergraduates', this classic dictionary is an invaluable source of legal reference for professionals, students, and anyone else needing succinct clarification of legal terms. Focusing primarily on English law, it also provides a one-stop source of information for any of the many countries that base their legal system on English law.

Readership: Students and lecturers of law, professional lawyers, and anyone needing clear definitions of legal terms.

Preface
Credits
Dictionary
Appendices
Writing and Citation Gui

Contributors:
Contributors for the seventh edition
Nicholas Acomb LLB, TEP Solicitor
Owain Blackwell BA, LLM Head of Law (LLB), University of Bolton
Simon R. Brown LLB Solicitor, Course Leader for Law, Buckingham New University
Paul Catley MA Deputy Director Academic Law Scheme, University of the West of England
Sandra Clarke MA Barrister; Teaching Fellow, University of Greenwich
David Collison CTA (Fellow), FCA, TEP Tax consultant
Mike Cuthbert LLM, LLB, BA, BSc, Cert Ed Senior Tutor in Law, University of Northampton
Michael Daly LLB, MA Barrister; Senior Lecturer in Law, Oxford Brookes University
Michelle Madden Dempsey LLM, JD, BA Barrister; Lecturer in Law, Worcester College and Brasenose College, Oxford
Kim Everett LLB Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich
Margaret Ford BA, MBA
Evadné Grant BA, LLB, LLM, MPhil Senior Lecturer in Law, Oxford Brookes University
Lynne Hanmore LLB Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich
Marc Howe MA Senior Lecturer in Law, Oxford Brookes University; Principal Lecturer,Oxford Institute of Legal Practice
P. D. M. Jackson BSc Barrister; Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich
Brian Jones LLB, MPHIL Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bolton
Neil Maton LLB, BCL Barrister
Rowena Meager LLB, BCL Barrister, Lecturer in Law, University of Buckingham
Anne E. Morris LLB Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
Michael Ottley LLB, LLM Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich
Nicholas J. Simpson BA Solicitor; Directorate of Army Legal Services
Susan Singleton LLB Solicitor
Jane Tyrer LLB, MA Barrister
Raymond Wacks LLD Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory, University of Hong Kong
John Wadham BSc, MSc Solicitor; Equality and Human Rights Commission

Contributors for the first edition
Martin R. Banham-Hall LLB Solicitor
Bernard Berkovits LLB Lecturer in Law, University of Buckingham
P. J. Clarke BCL, MA Barrister; Fellow and Tutor in Law, Jesus College, Oxford
Letitia Crabb LLB, LLM Solicitor; Lecturer in Law, University College of Wales,
Aberystwyth
J. W. Davies LLB, MA, BCL Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford
B. Russell Davis MA, LLB Barrister
J. D. Feltham BA, MA Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
Judith Lewis LLB Solicitor
Keith Uff MA, BCL Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham

"If legal language is a fog, this is a valuable flashlight" - Times Educational Supplement

"The entries are clearly drafted and succinctly written...Precision for the professional is combined with a layman's enlightenment." - Times Literary Supplement

"It's like having your own lawyer on the bookshelf and is a handy aide for the professional and amateur alike." -Northern Echo