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  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • Legal Research

    Legal research is the investigation of information necessary to support legal decision-making, when applied by judges, or the search for authority that can be applied to a given set of facts and issues, when practiced by a researcher. International Legal Research Resources Encyclopedias, […]

  • Black’s Law Dictionary

    Black’s Law Dictionary The sustained popularity of this Legal dictionary since its appearance (like Bouvier’s Law Dictionary in the XIX Century) it was attributed to the scholarship and Learning of Henry Campbell Black, and to the plan adopted by him for the compilation of a legal lexicon. Now the editor is Bryan Garner, a lexicographer.…

  • Legal topics

    Academic Legal topics Law in general Comparative and uniform law Jurisprudence Legal Periodicals Bibliography Legal Monographic series Encyclopedias of Law Dictionaries of Law Words and phrases Legal Maxims Legal Quotations Legal Yearbooks Legal Directories Legal Research Legal composition and draftsmanship Legal Education Law societies International bar associations The legal profession Legal aid Legal assistance to…

  • A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations

    A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations Author: Volger, Helmut, ed. Publication details: New York: Kluwer Law International, 2002. Review of “A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations” According to “Introduction to Research in International Law”(see Further Reading) this dictionary of international law is an English edition of the German “Lexikon der Vereinten Nationen”and provides…

  • Stimson’s Law Dictionary

    Stimson’s Law Dictionary “A concise law dictionary of words, phrases, and maxims : with an explanatory list of abbreviations used in Law books “(1911). The Authors were Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943 and Voorhees, Harvey Cortlandt, b. 1867. FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON was PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION IN HARVARD and HARVEY CORTLANDT VOORHEES was lawyer in the…

  • Dictionary of International and Comparative Law

    Dictionary of International and Comparative Law About the Dictionary of International and Comparative Law Author: Fox, James R. Publication details: 3rd ed. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 2003. 396 pages. Reviews of the Dictionary According to “Introduction to Research in International Law”(see Further Reading), this Dictionary of comparative and international law is “ideal for anyone…

  • International Law: A Dictionary

    International Law: A Dictionary Author: Boczek, Boleslaw Adam. Publisher and date of Publication: Scarecrow Press, 2005. According to “Introduction to Research in International Law”(see Further Reading) this dictionary of international law “acquaints legal and other professionals, students, and interested general readers with the basic tenets of public international law, combining the features of both a…

  • Bouvie’s Law Dictionary and Institutes of American Law

    Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Institutes of American Law Review of Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and “Institutes of American Law” This review was written in “North American Review”(July, 1861) by S. Austin Allibone, author of “the Dictionary of Authors” The author of these volumes taught lawyers by his books, but he taught all men by his example,…

  • Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary

    Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary is basically a Legal dictionary for students of law. In fact, the 13th edition has the only title of “The Law Student’s Dictionary”. Therefore, the last edition with the name “Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary” was the 12th edition (of 2001). It is a handy…

  • List of Legal Dictionaries

    List of Legal Dictionaries Prescription Dictionaries vs. Description Dictionaries In the introduction to A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation, his author, William D. Popkin, explained that there is a “major dispute about dictionaries … whether the dictionary should be descriptive or prescriptive. This debate is well known in the context of ordinary dictionaries, where the dispute…

  • John Bouvier

    John Bouvier John Bouvier (1787-1851) was a writer, publisher and lawyer. He was born in Codogno, France, in 1787. He immigrated to Philadelphia, with his (quaker) family, when he was fifteen. Bouvier oppened his own press, after working as apprentice to a printer, in 1808. He started in 1814 a weekly newspaper, “The American Telegraph”.…

  • Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law

    Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law In 1839, John Bouvier wrote and published “A Law Dictionary Adapted To The Constitution And Laws Of The United States Of America And Of The Several States Of The American Union With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law “. Until middle of the XIX century, the “Bouvier”was,…

  • The American and English Encyclopedia of Law

    The American and English Encyclopedia of Law The “Encyclopedia of Pleading and Practice, Under the Codes and Practice Acts, at Common law , in Equity and in Criminal Cases”was a Companion work of this Encyclopedia of Law. Edition of 1887 The edtors of the American and English encyclopedia of law, 1887 Edition, were: John Houston…