BURTON'S IS GUILTY...OF BEING THE BEST LEGAL THESAURUS ON THE MARKET! 8,000 legal terms, synonyms, definitions, and parts of speech - now fully updated and revised "Prepared by lawyers, comprehensive, up-to-date, easy to use." -American Bar Association Journal After twenty-five years as the standard-bearer of legal terminology, Burton's Legal Thesaurus continues to be an essential reference tool. In law, precision and accuracy is vital. This fourth edition contains more entries than ever before, including cutting-edge terms unique to today's legal profession. This new edition is an indispensable reference source for: Partners, Associates, Attorneys and judges, who will appreciate the timeliness of the 1,000-plus new entries Law school students seeking to use a more specific word or recall a word forgotten Journalists and scholars looking for the right word to fit the thought PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS "A tool to strengthen the lawyer's vocabulary and improve the precision of legal writing." -Maryland Bar Journal "Given the popularity of plain language laws, the Legal Thesaurus could be just the book to own." -United States Law Week "The legal profession should find this volume valuable in using the exact word to convey the meaning intended." -New York State Bar Journal "It is through the use of such a tool as the Legal Thesaurus that one may find the precise term to fit the nuances of a particular situation." -William O. Douglas Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-1975

THE FIRST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL THESAURUS EVER PUBLISHED Updated with 1,000 essential new terms--from "whistleblower" to "bailout" The first book of its kind when it was orginally published in 1980, Burton's Legal Thesaurus has become a staple for everyone in the legal profession. Addressing the newest concepts before the nation's highest courts, the fifth edition celebrates 35 years of this one-of-a-kind law reference tool. With 11,000 critical-to-know legal terms, synonyms, definitions, and parts of speech, Burton’s is essential for: Partners, associates, attorneys, and judges, who will appreciate the timeliness of the 1,000-plus new entries Law school students seeking to use a more specific word or recall a forgotten word Journalists and scholars looking for the right word to fit the thought PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF BURTON’S LEGAL THESAURUS "A tool to strengthen the lawyer's vocabulary and improve the precision of legal writing." -- Maryland Bar Journal "Given the popularity of plain language laws, the Legal Thesaurus could be just the book to own." -- United States Law Week "The legal profession should find this volume valuable in using the exact word to convey the meaning intended." -- New York State Bar Journal "It is through the use of such a tool as the Legal Thesaurus that one may find the precise term to fit the nuances of a particular situation." -- William O. Douglas, Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-1975

This reference contains over 10,000 synonyms, terms, and expressions specifically related to the legal profession. This fifth edition has been comletely updated with 1,000 essential new terms, from "Super PAC" to "same sex marriage".

This reference contains over 10,000 synonyms, terms, and expressions specifically related to the legal profession. This fifth edition has been comletely updated with 1,000 essential new terms, from "Super PAC" to "same sex marriage."

This book focuses on legal concepts from the dual perspective of law and terminology. While legal concepts frame legal knowledge and take center stage in law, the discipline of terminology has traditionally been about concept description. Exploring topics common to both disciplines such as meaning, conceptualization and specialized knowledge transfer, the book gives a state-of-the-art account of legal interpretation, legal translation and legal lexicography with special emphasis on EU law. The special give-and-take of law and terminology is illuminated by real-life legal cases which demystify the ways courts do things with concepts. This original approach to the semantics of legal concepts is then incorporated into the making of a legal dictionary, thus filling a gap in the theory and practice of legal lexicography. With its rich repertoire of examples of legal terms in different languages, the book provides a blend of theory and practice, making it a valuable resource not only for scholars of law, language and lexicography but also for legal translators and students.