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The Language of the Law by Mellinkoff, David (1965 Edition)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Legal Writing
- Type
- Book
- Intended Audience
- N/A
- ISBN
- 9781592446902
- Book Title
- Language of the Law
- Publisher
- Wipf & Stock Publishers
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Law, Social Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, Reference, General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Weight
- 25.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 540 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wipf & Stock Publishers
ISBN-10
1592446906
ISBN-13
9781592446902
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112970285
Product Key Features
Book Title
Language of the Law
Number of Pages
540 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Reference, General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Law, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"This is that rare book which both informs and entertains. It is scholarly and sprightly - an unusual combination for any book, let alone one treating of the law. Lawyers and laymen alike can read it with profit and amusement. I hope many do, for it deserves a wide audience." The Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990), United States Supreme Court, The New York Herald Tribune "A superb piece of writing, lucid, witty, meticulous in scholarship and unfailingly interesting." Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles Times "We now have a full-scale study of our legal language that is written with an extraordinary awareness for vacuous words and phrases and an astounding amount of research into their history and usage.... This book has a practical value to every lawyer who drafts a document, a pleading, or even a letter. It is a great plea to bring the law up to date by awakening us to the empty verbalisms in which we think we are housing our thoughts.... It is a rare book that has value for all lawyers, despite the tendency of publishers and reviewers to make this claim with great frequency. Here, however, is a rarity. No lawyer could fail to learn many facts of surprising interest. But beyond this, 'The Language of the Law' presents a subtle challenge to the American Bar, a stimulus to improve our work and our profession by sharpening the product of our minds. If we meet this challenge head-on, we can perform a far more fundamental and genuine service to our clients, the public, and to ourselves than any other area of improvement, including court reform, can possibly offer." Ray D. Henson, American Bar Association Journal "It should be compulsory reading for lawyers and judges; for a layman it is learning and entertainment of high order." The Honorable Matthew O. Tobriner (d. 1982), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California, San Francisco Chronicle "...[B]rilliant and discursive treatise, concisely and urbanely presented,...a remarkable stimulus, recommended highly to the general reader as well as the wordy professional." Hugo Sonnenschein, Jr., Chicago Daily News
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
340.014
Synopsis
This work for law students offers a critical account of the development and present state of the language of law. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography and an appendix of legal words and phrases. Scholarly but entertaining study of reasons, accidents, and habits which cause lawyers to talk and write as they do, This is that rare book which both informs and entertains. It is scholarly and sprightly - an unusual combination for any book, let alone one treating of the law. Lawyers and laymen alike can read it with profit and amusement. I hope many do, for it deserves a wide audience.The Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990), United States Supreme Court, The New York Herald TribuneA superb piece of writing, lucid, witty, meticulous in scholarship and unfailingly interesting.Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles TimesWe now have a full-scale study of our legal language that is written with an extraordinary awareness for vacuous words and phrases and an astounding amount of research into their history and usage.... This book has a practical value to every lawyer who drafts a document, a pleading, or even a letter. It is a great plea to bring the law up to date by awakening us to the empty verbalisms in which we think we are housing our thoughts.... It is a rare book that has value for all lawyers, despite the tendency of publishers and reviewers to make this claim with great frequency. Here, however, is a rarity. No lawyer could fail to learn many facts of surprising interest. But beyond this, 'The Language of the Law' presents a subtle challenge to the American Bar, a stimulus to improve our work and our profession by sharpening the product of our minds. If we meet this challenge head-on, we can perform a far more fundamental and genuine service to our clients, the public, and to ourselves than any other area of improvement, including court reform, can possibly offer.Ray D. Henson, American Bar Association JournalIt should be compulsory reading for lawyers and judges; for a layman it is learning and entertainment of high order.The Honorable Matthew O. Tobriner (d. 1982), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California, San Francisco Chronicle...[B]rilliant and discursive treatise, concisely and urbanely presented,...a remarkable stimulus, recommended highly to the general reader as well as the wordy professional.Hugo Sonnenschein, Jr., Chicago Daily News
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