This comprehensive law dictionary contains more than 50,000 terms and includes definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms. More than 7,500 terms new to this edition include bioweapon, gazump, hacker, mommy track, unperson and zero-tolerance law.

Black’s Law Dictionary For more than a century Black’s has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today it is the most widely cited law book in the world. Edited by Bryan A. Garner, the world’s leading legal lexicographer, the 9th Edition is the most authoritative, comprehensive law dictionary ever published.

For more than a century, Black’s Law Dictionary has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today, it’s the most widely cited law book in the world. By Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner, the world’s leading legal lexicographer, the 10th Edition is the most authoritative, comprehensive law dictionary ever published.

This deluxe edition has a premium faux leather cover and thumb cuts for fast look-ups. It contains more than 50,000 terms and includes:

• More than 7,500 terms new to this edition, including affluenza defense, bioweapon, cryptanalysis, gazump, hacker, legaldygook, entrepreneur, mommy track, one-bite rule, psephology, unperson, and zero-tolerance law
• 16,000 new definitions and expanded bibliographic coverage, with more than twice as many sources quoted and cited than in the 9th Edition
• Earliest usage dates in English-language contexts for nearly all terms (Black’s is the only legal dictionary with this feature)
• Trusted authority – every term has been reviewed for accuracy by attorneys across the country
• Definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms
• Pronunciation guidance
• Thoroughly reviewed and edited Latin maxims, with 900 new maxims added

Author

Bryan A. Garner (born November 17, 1958) is an American lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher who has written more than two dozen books about English usage and style as well as advocacy.

About Bryan A. Garner