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The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations
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by Fred R. Shapiro
Sales Rank: 591037
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List Price: $69.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 600 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA May 6, 1993
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0195058593
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195058598
Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.8 x 1.9 inches
Weighs: 2.7 pounds
From Library Journal
According to the preface, this new reference "includes quotations by Americans about law, or by foreigners about American law." It contains "passages from judicial opinions, legal treatises, law review articles statutes, legislative materials, ethics rules, presidential documents and speeches." Over 3500 quotations are arranged by subject with cross references to other topics; keyword and author indexes are also provided. As one might expect, Oliver Wendell Holmes is quoted most often (255 quotes). Other frequently quoted authors are Robert H. Jackson (134 quotes), Benjamin N. Cardozo (127 quotes), Thomas Jefferson (102 quotes), Learned Hand (89 quotes), and John Marshall (84 quotes). Although other authors include Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, and Mario Puzo--"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns,"--for the most part, the quotations are serious and lengthy; many are longer than one paragraph. More up-to-date than Ragbag of Legal Quotations (Bender, 1960), more convenient to use than Quote It II (Hein, 1988), which must be searched as a supplement to its previous edition, Quote It (Clark Boardman, 1969), Shapiro's collection is destined to become the standard reference work for legal quotations in public, academic, and law libraries.
- Elizabeth Fielder Olson, Archer & Greiner, Haddonfield, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This compilation is intended as a definitive work, with citations to original sources in proper legal form for subsequent use. More than 3,500 American legal quotations are arranged under 208 topics, from Abortion to Yale Law School--including even the category Lawyer Jokes and quotations from Mark Twain and Groucho Marx. Under each topic, quotations are arranged chronologically. The author index shows the most frequently quoted human being in the book to be Oliver Wendell Holmes. In fact, the introduction points out that 48 individuals are responsible for sixty percent of the quotations. A detailed keyword index takes up more than 100 pages.
A Dictionary of Legal Quotations (Macmillan, 1987) is British in origin and uses different terminology for its headings; only twenty were identical. For example, it has no heading Discrimination, as does Oxford. In addition, Oxford has cross-references from Discrimination to Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Equal Protection, Segregation, Sex Discrimination, and Women's Rights. Many of the subject headings in Oxford are for such legal terms as tort, negligence, and due process. The sources of the quotations range from legal opinions and law reviews to movies.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations will be needed by all law libraries, by major academic and public libraries, and by smaller ones as local interest warrants.
Reader Reviews
Shapiro's "American Legal Quotations" is notable for its ease of use. It is more than simply a listing of pithy quotations. The sections of the book are arranged alphabetically by 208 topic headings and it has a rich index of authors and key words. Moreover, the quotations are keyed to precise legal citations so that legal writers can use the quotations with confidence. As a bonus, the book is fun to browse and read at leisure. It would be a welcome addition to any lawyer's or judge's library.
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