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Penguin Dictionary Of Law, The Paperback – 8 January 2010

by Julian Webb (Author)

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The Penguin Dictionary of Law is the ideal reference guide for lawyers, students and anyone interested in the workings of the legal system. It gives clear, jargon-free definition of legal terms form abuse of process to youth court as well as providing biographical information on important legal thinkers, from John Locke and Thomas Hobbes to Max Weber and Ronald Dworkin.

More than 2500 terms explained
Covers key concepts in English, European and International
Clear definitions of complex terms such as euthanasia, hearsay evidence, and remoteness of damage
Included reference to key cases and legislation
Provided website addresses of important public bodies and legal organisations

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560 pages
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English
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Penguin Press
Publication date

8 January 2010
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12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
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0141027274
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978-0141027272
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About the Author

Julian Webb BA, LLM, LLD is Professor of Legal Education at the University of Warwick, and Director of the Higher Education Academy's UK Centre for Legal Education. He has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters and is co-author/editor of five other books, including Holland and Webb's Learning Legal Rules (6th ed., Oxford University Press, 2006). He is joint editor of the Routledge-Cavendish Law, Science and Society book series, and a founding editor of the journal Legal Ethics. Julian is course director of Warwick Law School's LLM in Legal Education and for seven years taught courses on the theory and practice of dispute resolution on the Westminster LLM in Dispute Prevention and Resolution. He has also taught undergraduate courses on English and comparative legal systems, public law, legal ethics, legal skills, and philosophy of law.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Press; 1st edition (8 January 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141027274
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141027272
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm

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Neduncheliyan

Good for understanding

Reviewed in India on 17 August 2018

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Due to a theory subject i am not able to understand it deeply, but this dictionary gives me a wing to read and understand the terms of law very easily. overall a good investment for students.

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Rholanda Andrews

Good Dictionary

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2018

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Good dictionary

E Tammelin

Fairly thorough little dictionary of British law

Reviewed in the United States on 24 January 2017

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This is an interesting little dictionary if you are an American interested in British law or one day practicing law in the U.K. (or if you are British, but then you'd be on British Amazon.co.uk no?).

If you are an American law student, then do be aware this IS a dictionary for modern BRITISH law, do not buy this to help with law school or if you are just someone interested in American law.

Of course American law grew out of English common law, one often hears of Anglo-American common law contrasted with the civil law systems in Continental Europe, but while American jurisprudence especially in the early days of the U.S. would look back to and cite English cases, the U.S. and U.K. have by now diverged and obviously do have different legal systems with different laws.

Some terms are of course shared in common with shared definitions e.g. a "force majeure clause" in a contract.

However the definition "Manor of Northstead" describing how British MPs who wish to leave the House of Commons cannot directly resign their seats due to procedural rules dating back to 1623 but instead the MP must apply to the Chancellor of the Exchequer who grants the MP the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead because that office is incompatible with being in the House of Commons and then the former MP resigns from that stewardship to leave the post vacant for the next MP who wishes to resign...that's not going to be tested on any bar exam in any U.S. state! Nor is that knowledge ever going to be useful in practicing law in any U.S. state!

I cannot assess its usefulness to actual British law students, but it seems fairly thorough for its size and Penguin dictionaries are usually reliable, I have Penguin dictionaries on other subjects like Psychology merely due to personal interest and I bought this used and dirt-cheap because flipping through I find peculiar British legal terms and procedures like the aforementioned "Manor of Northstead" interesting. However...

If you are looking for an AMERICAN law dictionary, do NOT buy this. Black's Law Dictionary is the standard, the full-size is giant and expensive but the "Pocket Version" of Black's Law Dictionary is actually closer in size to this Penguin book than to an actual pocket-size book. (If you want an ACTUAL pocket-size law dictionary, Webster's Legal Dictionary will actually fit in your pocket.)

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anonymous2024

AVOID THIS DICTIONARY

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2012

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I used the Penguin Dictionary of Economics for my Undergraduate and found it excellent.
I use my big Penguin English dictionary regularly and find it excellent.

Following my experiences with these two books I bought the Penguin Thesaurus and Dictionary of Law.
I am very pleased with the Thesaurus.

I am very unhappy with the Law Dictionary. Almost every time I look up a latin word which I have read or to look up a legal principle like "Professional Negligence," there is no entry (it does contain mulit-word entries like "prohibition order" and "preliminary enquiries")

In short, I find that this dictionary is not useful for what dictionaries are meant to be used for, picking up and locating words one comes across.

I regularly resort to my general english Penguin dictionary.

Finally, if you are a law student or a law practitioner, stump up the extra money and buy "Blacks Law Dictionary" if you're in the UK or "Murdoch's Dictionary of Irish Law" if you're in Ireland. Note: the latter has excellent explnations of words along with excellent case citation for general topics too, it would be a handy and quirky addition to an English or US practitioners library for the latin entries alone.

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