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Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary

2 Ratings: 5.0

A book by Gerald Hill

"A unique combination of carefully researched legal scholarship and contemporary, real-world references." --SHELDON SIEGEL, New York Times bestselling author of Judgment Day "Explains thousands of common legal terms … see full wiki

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Author: Gerald Hill

Genre: Nonfiction

Publisher: NOLO

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review by CharlesAshbacher. June 27, 2009

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

One of the best bargains ever marketed

To say the law is tortuous, convoluted and obfuscated is to say the sun is hot. Yet, no citizen of the modern world can avoid "intimate" contact with the letter, spirit and wording of the law. Unfortunately, most of the time it appears that the wording of the law is specifically designed to maintain a "wall of wisdom" around it, preventing all but the practitioners from understanding it. This is unfortunate to say the least, as it is expensive and unnecessary, for if you remove the intellectually … more

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review by AlainB. June 23, 2009

Very good legal reference for the non-lawyer.

"Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary" by the Editors of Nolo, Gerald N. Hill and Kathleen Thompson Hill is promoted as, "This is `not' you grandfather's law dictionary." This law dictionary is written in clear English and contains compete definitions of legal terms you need today. As an attorney, this book will not replace my "Black's Law Dictionary" which is the standard for legal dictionaries, but this lighter, plain-English text is very convenient to have on hand. For most … more

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