A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage pdf

布莱恩·加纳（1958 年 11 月 17 日出生）是美国律师、语法学家和词典编纂者。他还撰写有关法理学的文章（偶尔也会写高尔夫）。他着有超过 25 本书，其中最著名的是 Garner 的《现代英语用法》（2016 年第 4 版）和《阅读法：法律文本的解释》（2012 年——与安东宁·斯卡利亚大法官合着），以及四本未删节的布莱克法律词典的版本。他担任南卫理公会大学法学杰出研究教授。他还不时在德克萨斯大学法学院、德克萨斯 A&M 法学院和德克萨斯理工大学法学院任教。 2009 年，他在国会图书馆举行的伯顿奖颁奖典礼上被评为十年法律写作和参考书作者。他还获得了许多其他奖项，包括本杰明·富兰克林图书奖、文士图书奖、伯尼·西根奖和明语中心颁发的终身成就奖。 他的工作在我们理解现代判断、辩护、语法、英语用法、法律词典和普通法判例系统方面发挥了核心作用。他的著作经常被包括美国最高法院在内的美国各级法院引用。

A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage pdf 布莱恩·加纳

With double the length and coverage of the original, this new edition of A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage marshals and analyzesthe modern legal vocabulary more thoroughly than any other contemporary reference work can claim to do. Since the 1987 first edition, Bryan A. Garner has drawn on his unrivaled experience as a legal editor to refine his positions on legal usage and to add a wealth of new material. Here's how Garner's revision makes DMLU, Second Edition indispensable: - Updates every existing entry, making this a second edition in the fullest sense - adds hundreds of new entries - adds hundreds of new sections within existing entries - adds over 3,000 new illustrative quotations from judicial opinions and leading lawbooks by prominent legal commentators - Reconsiders previously held positions, now saying, for example, that contractions are sometimes permissible in legal writing - Fully elaborates ideas only hinted at in the first edition - Takes into account numerous comments received from first edition users - Expands and updates cross-references to guide readers quickly and easily Features Functions both as a style guide and as a law dictionary Guides writers to distinguish between true terms of law and mere jargon Illustrates recommended forms of expression as well as common blunders with thousands of quotations and citations Explains the origins of expressions lawyers regularly use, such as "Know all men by these presents", or "party of the first part" Records and evaluates more than 100 twentieth-century neologisms, from "conclusory" to "farminor" Distinguishes American from British usage and refers to current practice among Australian, Canadian, and Scottish legal writers Solves editorial problems by dealing with practical writing issues Offers wit and erudition reminiscent of H.W. Fowler, author of the first so-called usage dictionary In short, in its Second Edition, DMLU remains, as one reviewer hailed it in 1987, "truly unique in the literature of law". It is an essential resource for practising lawyers, scholars of the law, and libraries of all sizes and types.