Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
Price: $15.95

A convenient, comprehensive guide to the language of law for everyone from the homeowner to the legal professional.

  • Includes more than 10,000 legal words and phrases
  • Updated entries taken from recent events that propelled legal terms into our daily lives:
  • From the financial meltdown – credit default swap, subprime, systemic risk, credit rating agency, moral hazard
  • From the world of computers and the Internet – cyberbullying, identity fraud, malware, phishing
  • From crime – Amber alert, community policing, person of interest
  • Includes pronunciations, example phrases and quotations, and frequent supplementary notes.
  • Special sections on the judicial system, important legal cases, government agencies, and historic laws.
  • Format: Trade paperback
  • Size: 656 pages; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"
  • ISBN: 978-0-87779-719-7

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