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 enlarge | Creator: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: Thomson West
Category: Book
List Price: $67.00
Buy New: $45.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 361
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 8th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1810
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.3
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.8 x 2.5
ISBN: 0314151990
Dewey Decimal Number: 340.03
EAN: 9780314151995
ASIN: 0314151990
Publication Date: June 1, 2004
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 Great for first year law students June 27, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bought it for a friend who was a first year and it has helped him immensely in school.
 Redundant for law school, possibly useful later May 8, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I considered buying this when I started law school. However, my school provides law students with free subscriptions to both Westlaw and Lexis online, and the entire school is set up with wireless internet. Therefore, the full version of Black's is easily available to me online any time I'm on campus. A laptop with wireless LAN is probably more important for college students these days than most paper references.
If you don't have easy online access, this may be useful. If you are like me, and online any time you're doing schoolwork, then save your pennies and use the online versions. When you are in your own practice, and having to pay by the search for online research, then you may want a paper dictionary, however you'll probably want the full size one on your desk, rather than the pocket version in your backpack.
Don't, however, try to substitute a non-law dictionary. That won't provide what you are looking for as a lawyer or law student.
 For what it's worth: October 13, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Don't take this book the wrong way. At the time of this review, it cost 29 dollars, a reasonable price when it comes to 1L book costs. It fits into a purse or backpack, if not a pocket. It will serve you well enough in Civpro or Torts in a pinch, until you can get to the Law Library and read a full size Blacks. Do NOT take this book to be an end all be all, it was never meant to be and people who gave this terrible reviews due to its lack of completeness are missing the point. This is a book for when you don't HAVE a full size Black's in front of you, which every 1L should.
Portable and light-weight - perfect with so many other books to carry! October 8, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am a 1L and, so far, I have had no trouble finding the terms I have wanted to look up, and understanding the definitions given. It is handy and I refer to it most every day, and it always helps. It is even helpful for the beginning law student to get a grasp on concepts such as "res ipsa loquitor" and "sine qua non" before you start those chapters in your Torts books. With so many very heavy text books jamming my back pack, it's nice to have a useful item like this that is compact and lightweight.
Great for class! September 26, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Black's Law Dictionary pocket edition is great for class or for bringing with you when you are studying away from home. The definitions aren't as thorough, but you will get a good legal definition for all the terms you need as a 1L.
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