Derived from the famous 1853 law
dictionary used by Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, and Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. The Wolters Kluwer Bouvier Law Dictionary has
been brought completely up-to-date by a distinguished and
widely-published legal scholar and teacher. Steve Sheppard, with law
degrees from Oxford and Columbia Universities, brings his scholarship,
international practice, and litigation experience to bear in making the
famous text as relevant today as it was when it first broke ground in
American law. Definitions derived from contemporary as well as classic
sources give the reference book its depth and authority. Building on
Bouvier's structure and entries, Professor Sheppard has added thousands
of new terms and rewritten many original definitions. 8,500 robust,
paragraph-length entries explain more than 11,200 words and phrases, far
more than the original two-volume set of 6,600. Each entry is written
to be understood by the modern student, argued by the modern lawyer, and
cited by the modern judge. An intuitive structure and thorough
cross-referencing makes the first complete revision of this essential
dictionary in more than a hundred years accessible and easy to use.

• The classic becomes contemporary.
  • 
    Definitions derived from ancient and contemporary sources, with current
    statutes, regulations, cases, and treatises building on ancient and
    medieval sources
  • Designed for modern use and contemporary
    issues
• Authority in General Editor Stephen
  Sheppard:
  Widely published by Cambridge, Oxford and other
  leading presses
  • Holds law degrees from Oxford and Columbia
    Universities, including a doctorate in the science of law
  • Draws
    on international legal practice, litigation, and teaching experience
    for the selection of terms
• Encyclopedic in
  scope:
  • 8,500 entries, explaining more than 11,200 words and
    phrases, far more than Bouvier's original two-volume set with 6,600
    entries
  • Robust entries, written in paragraphs rather than
    sentence fragments
  • Clear statement of meanings, context and
    usage of key terms
• Intuitive structure, for ease of
  use:
  • Major terms organize concepts and related terms: e.g.
    exceptions to Hearsay under hearsay, the forms of estate under
    Estate
  • Thorough cross-referencing, making terms easy to
    find

Summary of
Contents:

• Welcome to the Bouvier Law Dictionary
• 
  How to Use the Bouvier Law Dictionary Compact Edition
• The
  Order of Words and Phrases
• The Bouvier Law Dictionary
  Project
• The Entries, A-Z
• First Appendix: The
  Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution
• 
  Second Appendix: Justices of the United States Supreme
  Court