Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, Bryan A. Garner

West Group, 2001 - Law - 796 pages

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that define over ten thousand legal terms, and includes pronunciation guides, style and usage tags, cross-references, and the text of the U.S. Constitution.

About the author

Bryan A. Garner of Dallas teaches and publishes extensively on legal language, contractual drafting, and brief-writing. He is the author of many books, including A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2d ed. 1995), The Elements of Legal Style (1991), and The Winning Brief (1999). He also serves as editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary. Since 1991, Garner has served as president of LawProse, Inc., a company specializing in legal-writing and drafting workshops. He also teaches at Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Black's Law Dictionary
• Authors: Henry Campbell Black, Bryan A. Garner
• Editor: Bryan A. Garner
• Edition: 2, reprint
• Publisher: West Group, 2001
• ISBN: 0314257918, 9780314257918
• Length: 796 pages
• Subjects: Law / Dictionaries & Terminology; Law / General; Reference / General