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Black's Law Dictionary, 9th Edition

Black's Law Dictionary, 9th Edition

Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: Thomson West
ISBN: 9780314199492
Published In: June 2009
Format: Hardback , 1940 pages
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For more than a century Black's Law Dictionary® has been the standard for the language of law. Today it's the most widely cited law book in the world. Edited by Bryan A. Garner, the 9th Edition is the most comprehensive law dictionary ever published. It contains more than 45,000 terms, alternate spellings or equivalent expressions for more than 5,300 terms, and West key numbers.

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Includes 2,000 more terms than the 8th Edition and 19,000 more terms than the 7th Edition
Includes West key numbers
Includes definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms
Includes the date when selected terms were first used in English-language contexts, especially in judicial opinions
Offers heightened accuracy—more than 200 lawyers around the country reviewed terms
Provides definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms
Provides nearly 3,000 quotations drawn from sources over five centuries
Shows alternate spellings or equivalent expressions for more than 5,300 terms

Bryan A. Garner

Garner has been editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary since its seventh edition. After graduating from the University of Texas School of Law, he clerked for Judge Thomas M. Reavley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, then practiced at a major firm in Dallas. He then began teaching, first at his alma mater and now at Southern Methodist University School of Law.

As an undergraduate, Garner studied linguistics and the English classics at the University of Texas and Oxford. At the University of Texas School of Law, he served as associate editor of the Texas Law Review and began writing A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage.

Garner has authored many publications. His works include The Elements of Legal Style,The Winning Brief, Legal Writing in Plain English, Securities Disclosure in Plain English, and many other books and articles. In 2003, The Chicago Manual of Style incorporated his restatement of English grammar into its 15th edition.

Garner has been a member of the American Law Institute since 1992, serving as lead reviser on its committee on bylaws and council rules. From 1992 to 1999, he helped restyle federal rules for the U.S. Judicial Conference's Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. He has restyled rules for courts in other states as well, including California and Texas. The Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions recognized his contributions to judicial writing in 1994 with the prestigious Henry C. Lind Award, and in 2005 the Plain Language Institute presented him its Lifetime Achievement Award.