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“Comprehensive, up-to-date, easy-to-use...” -American Bar Association 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 Since 1979, Burton’s Legal Thesaurus has been the number-one resource for attorneys, writers, and scholars in need of synonyms unique to the legal profession. This updated and expanded Third Edition adds more than 1,000 new terms, many of them relating to electronic commerce, intellectual property, and other new developments in law. It also features a new, more user-friendly format with thorough cross-referencing.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2013059 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1032 pages

From Booklist
This twentieth-anniversary edition of a standard source adds more than 1,000 terms relating to electronic commerce, intellectual property, and other recent developments.

Review
"It's the "lawyer's Roget's" "In the legal community, absolute understanding is the measure of perfection...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 "Comprehensive, up-to-date, easy-to-use..." - American Bar Association Journal "Given the popularity of plain-language laws, Legal Thesaurus could just be the book to own" - U.S. Law Week"

Ingram
The "Lawyer's Roget"--described by the "American Bar Association Journal" as "comprehensive, up-to-date, easy to use"--is now available in an updated, enhanced, and augmented third edition.