1001 Legal Words You Need to Know (1001 Words You Need to Know) [Hardcover]

Jay M. Feinman (Editor)

Book Description

Series: 1001 Words You Need to Know | Publication Date: September 18, 2003

1001 Legal Words You Need to Know explains and illuminates the most difficult and arcane vocabulary any American has to deal with-that of the law. This comprehensive but never condescending guide to the language of the American legal system carefully defines and explains every term with a sample sentence, and many entries have supplementary notes. In addition, the book includes a number of quick miniguides to legal troubleshooting that include information on understanding wills, trusts, and inheritance, granting someone the power of attorney, understanding contracts, what to do if you're sued, how to choose a lawyer, exploring law school, and enjoying cop and lawyer dramas. The backmatter contains an extensive list of legal aid organizations and a helpful bibliography of books about the law and lawyers for further reading.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"In a sense, the book is unique. Unlike a weighty tome, it is small, and handy. With a focus on the non-lawyer, it is simple, and direct--changing technical terms to comprehensible."--Global Law Review

"In addition to defining the 1,001 headwords, Feinman uses his expertise and insight to interpret clearly, succinctly, and intelligibly ten legal problems often encountered by ordinary people (e.g., what is power of attorney; how to understand a contract, how to make a living will). Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice

About the Author

Jay M. Feinman is the author of Law 101 and Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (September 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195165039
• ISBN-13: 978-0195165036
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,314,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Glad I didn't spend much on this book!, July 3, 2009

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This review is from: 1001 Legal Words You Need to Know: The Ultimate Guide to the Language of the Law (Paperback)

What is so 'Ultimate' about this book??? And how it's a 'guide' I'll never know. It just guides me to needing another book! I'm studying to be a paralegal, and after going online to check out some good books to have on hand in my library, and to make my studying easier and resourceful, this one had some good reviews so I got it (for next to nothing, maybe less than $3...). Well thank goodness that's all I paid, cause in my opinion, this book has been worthless from day one. This one - and another one I thought would be good - "Barrons Law Dictionary" (the little cute black, thick paperback, which also had some good reviews). Even though Barron's is Copyrighted 1996, still.....they both fall WAY SHORT in delivering the goods. The "1001 Legal Words" is Copyrighted 2003! Granted, Barron's DOES contain more, much more, but still is missing A LOT of common legal terms. I'ts just annoying, and you go online to check out reviews hoping that will guide you in the right direction. Well, not in this case. Definately not for this book!

I don't know how it got any good reviews; just some simple legal words literally were not there. For example, today I looked up "requisition" - Not There! I looked up "Limited Liability" - Not There! Another one: "Uniform Commercial Code [UCC]" - again, NOT THERE! The list just goes on and on. I started looking up lots of diff. words, just for the fun of it, to see what was in there, and I could not BELIEVE the lack thereof. Man....... don't get this book; it's a literal waste of money (no matter what you paid) and time - the time spent looking up legal words that just are not going to be there!