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Product Description: Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: boilerplate, jailbait, pound of flesh, rainmaker, the third degree. This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr...read more

More than twelve thousand famous quotations are featured in a reference volume that includes items not only from literary and historical sources, but also from popular culture, sports, computers, science, politics, law, and the social sciences.

Product Description: Here in a full linked, easily searchable CD-ROM are two classic legal reference works: Bryan Garner's Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Second Edition, and Fred Shapiro's Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations. With more than 9,000 definitions and more than 3,500 quotations on all aspects of the law, The Lawyer's Reference Shelf is a valuable professional resource for all who study, teach, practice, or write about the law--merging the "indispensable" legal dictionary (Michigan Bar Journal) with the "standard" (Library Journal) legal quotations source in one carefully integrated research tool...read more

Provides answers to questions that have stumped the experts on the Internet discussion group service for reference librarians covering such topics as entertainment, sports, quotations, history, education, animals, and science

An anthology summons thirty-two stories, excerpts from novels, and nonfiction essays by some of the greatest writers in the language--from Sir Walter Scott to Nadine Gordimer--that explore the effects of the law on society and individuals. UP. (view table of contents)

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A guide to online research for beginners as well as expert users includes time-saving techniques and chapters devoted to individual topics such as tax research, securities and labor law, and statutory research