- Author(s): Bryan A Garner
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: 3 Ed
- ISBN 13 9780195384208
- Approx. Pages 991 + Contents
- Format Hardbound
- Approx. Product Size 24 x 16 cms
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Description
In this new edition, Oxford University Press has given what used to be A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage a new name: Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage. With the name change comes an equally sweeping development of the content. The idea with this edition was to bring the book into the 21st century with newer (and more) citiations—and to replace all the uncited illustrative quotationd with citable examples. This undertaking alone involved a monumental effort, and the book has benefited from it both by improved copiousness of illustration and by enhanced accuracy of verbal assessments. I have continues to resist the lobbying efforts of certain writers to have citations to their work removed. (Yes, some have actually tried to pressure Oxford University Press with letter-writing campaigns.) Why have I done this? I believe that I should remain dispassionate in citing my evidence.
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Author Details
Bryan A. Garner is the award-winning author or editor of more than 20 books. He is a prolific lecturer, having taught more than 2,700 writing workshops since the 1991 founding of his company, LawProse, Inc. His works include Garner on Language and Writing Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, coauthored with Justice Antonin Scalia. Garner has served as editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary since 1995, and he is the author of the grammar and usage chapter in the venerable Chicago Manual of Style. The third edition of Garner's Modern American Usage, the Preeminent guide tp effective use of the English language, is also published by Oxford University Press.
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