With double the length and coverage of the original, this new edition of ADictionary of Modern Legal Usage (DMLU) marshals and analyzes the modern legalvocabulary more thoroughly than any other contemporary reference work can claimto do. Since the 1987 first edition, Bryan A. Garner has drawn on his unrivaledexperience as a legal editor to refine his positions on legal usage and to add awealth of new material. Here's how Garner's revision makes DMLU, Second Editionindispensable:-- Updates every existing entry, making this a second edition in the fullestsense;-- Adds hundreds of new entries;-- Adds hundreds of new sections within existing entries;-- Adds over 3,000 new illustrative quotations from judicial opinions andleading lawbooks by prominent legal commentators;-- Reconsiders previously held positions, now saying, for example, thatcontractions are sometimes permissible in legal writing;-- Fully elaborates ideas only hinted at in the first edition;-- Takes into account numerous comments received from first edition users;-- Expands and updates cross-references to guide readers quickly and easily.Influential writers and editors rely on DMLU daily. Charles Alan Wright, forexample, says, "I consult Garner regularly. He offers authoritative guidance onmany matters of usage that are unique to legal writing....Garner is almostalways pithy; he is often witty. Any lawyer, no matter how expert on words andlanguage, is sure to learn from Garner's fine book." And the editors of HarvardLaw Review have found it essential: "In a work worthy of comparison to Fowler'sDictionary of Modern English Usage, Mr. Garner...sets forth an authoritativeguide to American legal usage and style. All legal writers will find it aninvaluable help; many law review editors will find it a source of delight. Don'tconfront your editor without it."Features:-- Functions both as a style guide and as a law dictionary-- Guides writers to distinguish between true terms of law and mere jargon-- Illustrates recommended forms of expression as well as common blunders withthousands of quotations and citations-- Explains the origins of expressions lawyers regularly use, such as Know allmen by these presents, or party of the first part-- Records and evaluates more than 100 twentieth-century neologisms, fromconclusory to farminor, from Mirandize to representee-- Distinguishes American from British usage and refers to current practiceamong Australian, Canadian, and Scottish legal writers-- Solves editorial problems by dealing with practical writing issues-- Offers wit and erudition reminiscent of H.W. Fowler, author of the firstso-called usage dictionary.In short, in its Second Edition DMLU remains, as one reviewer hailed it in1987, "truly unique in the literature of law." It is an essential resource forpracticing lawyers, scholars of the law, and libraries of all sizes andtypes.