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  • Semantic Indexing and Law Dictionary

    Semantic Indexing and Law Dictionary Overview For an explanation about Semantic Indexing and Law dictionary, read Semantic Indexing and Law. About legal dictonaries and definitions, see the law dictionary online. More on the subject: Semantic Web and Law, Semantic Indexing and legal, Semantic Indexing and Law Search and Semantic Indexing and Law news. Two Word…

  • Comparative Law Contents

    Comparative Law Contents Introduction to Comparative Law Comparative Law Definition Comparative Law and Foreign Law Comparative Law Method Mixed Legal Systems Influence on National Legal Systems of comparative law Uses of Comparative Law Law Globalization Comparative Law and Language Comparative Law and Legal Culture Comparative Law and Religion Comparative Law and Legal History Comparative Law…

  • 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…

  • Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals

    Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals Author: Boczek, Boleslaw A. Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals. Place and date of Publication and Publisher: Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. According to Introduction to Research in International Law (see Further Reading), this Legal dictionary “provides a “comprehensive treatment of international courts and tribunals and related aspects of…

  • 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,…

  • Dahl’s Law Dictionary

    Dahl’s Law bilingual Dictionaries Author: Dahl, H.S. Type of Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish, and French to English/English to French Edition: third (Spanish) and second (French) edition Published: Both in Buffalo, New York. The Spanish-English/English-Spanish in 1999; the French to English/English to French in 2001. Pages: XLI+913 p and XXV+675 p ISBN: 1575884968 and 2247043178 Description In both…

  • Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary

    Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary Since 1927, the Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary has provided English students and practitioners a succint guide to the special language of the law, which serves as well as a source of reference. His strenght has been traditionally the concise way (the 7th edition had 390 pages while the 6th Revised edition…

  • 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…

  • Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law

    Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law   A communi observantia non est recedendum. There should be no departure from common observance or usage. Co. Litt. 186. A l’impossible nul n’est tenu. No one is bound to do what is impossible. 1 Bouvier’s Institutes of American Law. n. 601. A verbis legis non est…

  • Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia, 1914

    Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia (3d revision), 8th ed., West Publishing Company, 1914, 3 volumes; reprinted in 1984 by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Acording to Morris L. Cohen et Al. (“How to Find the Law”, 412, 9th ed. 1989), “For almost a hundred years, the numerous…

  • 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,…

  • Illustrated Bible Dictionary and the Law

    Illustrated Bible Dictionary and the Law Illustrated Bible Dictionary, by Matthew George Easton, 3rd Edition (1897). Because of its age, this is now in the public domain. It contains an extensive set of brief articles on Bible people, places, and topics. As it reflects a 19th century Christian viewpoint, many of the articles are considerably…

  • Legal Dictionary

    Legal Dictionary “When [legal professionals] look up a word in a dictionary and they often do they are as likely as not to select a poor dictionary.” – Max Radin (“A Juster Justice, a More Lawful Law,” ) What Is a Legal Dictionary? A legal dictionary provides the legal definition of a word or term.…