Legal thesaurus

Burton, William C.

MacMillan Publishing Company

Legal Thesaurus

Legal terms can be confusing and vague to the lay person. This legal Thesaurus is a must have in fully understanding legal documents. This is a valuable tool.

National Bestseller 
"A powerful and important picture of how mega law firms distort justice."—David Cay Johnston, Washington Post 
The NYT's Business Investigations Editor reveals the dark side of American law: Delivering a "devastating" (Carol Leonnig) exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world’s largest law firms, David Enrich traces how one firm shielded opioid makers, gun companies, big tobacco, Russian oligarchs, Fox News, the Catholic Church, and much of the Fortune 500; helped Donald Trump get elected, govern, and evade investigation; masterminded the conservative remaking of the courts . . . and make a killing along the way. 
In his acclaimed #1 bestseller Dark Towers, David Enrich presented the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality. Now Enrich turns his eye towards the world of “Big Law” and the nearly unchecked influence these firms wield to shield the wealthy and powerful—and bury their secrets. To tell this story, Enrich focuses on Jones Day, one of the world’s largest law firms. Jones Day’s narrative arc—founded in Cleveland in 1893, it became the first law firm to expand nationally and is now a global juggernaut with deep ties to corporate interests and conservative politics—is a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades. 
Since 2016, Jones Day has been in the spotlight for representing Donald Trump and his campaigns (and now his PACs)—and for the fleet of Jones Day attorneys who joined his administration, including White House Counsel Don McGahn. Jones Day helped Trump fend off the Mueller investigation and challenged Obamacare. Its once and future lawyers defended Trump’s Muslim ban and border policies and handled his judicial nominations. Jones Day even laid some of the legal groundwork for Trump to challenge the legitimacy of the 2020 election. 
But the Trump work is but one chapter in the firm’s checkered history. Jones Day, like many of its peers, have become highly effective enablers of the business world’s worst misbehavior. The firm has for decades represented Big Tobacco in its fight to avoid liability for its products. Jones Day worked tirelessly for the Catholic Church as it tried to minimize its sexual-abuse scandals. And for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, as it sought to protect its right to make and market its dangerously addictive drug. And for Fox News as it waged war against employees who were the victims of sexual harassment and retaliation. And for Russian oligarchs as their companies sought to expand internationally. 
In this gripping and revealing new work of narrative nonfiction, Enrich makes the compelling central argument that law firms like Jones Day play a crucial yet largely hidden role in enabling and protecting powerful bad actors in our society, housing their darkest secrets, and earning billions in revenue for themselves.

Servants of the Damned: The Dark Side of American Law

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Enrich, David

Americas

Mariner Books

Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice

William Morrow Large Print

THE FIRST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL THESAURUS EVER PUBLISHED Updated with 1,000 essential new terms-- ranging from "whistleblower," "bailout," "fiscal cliff, and "cyberbullying," to "pyramid scheme," "inside information," "perfect storm,""fracking," and "hacking." The first book of its kind when it was orginally published in 1980, Burton's Legal Thesaurus has become a staple for everyone in the legal profession. Addressing the newest concepts before the nation's highest courts, the fifth edition celebrates 35 years of this one-of-a-kind law reference tool. With 11,000 critical-to-know legal terms, synonyms, definitions, and parts of speech, Burton's is essential for: 
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<li>Partners, associates, attorneys, and judges, who will appreciate the timeliness of the 1,000-plus new entries </li>
<li>Law school students seeking to use a more specific word or recall a forgotten word </li>
<li>Journalists and scholars looking for the right word to fit the thought</li>
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 PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF BURTON'S LEGAL THESAURUS "A tool to strengthen the lawyer's vocabulary and improve the precision of legal writing." -- Maryland Bar Journal "Given the popularity of plain language laws, the Legal Thesaurus could be just the book to own." -- United States Law Week "The legal profession should find this volume valuable in using the exact word to convey the meaning intended." -- New York State Bar 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

Burtons Legal Thesaurus 5th edition: Over 10,000 Synonyms, Terms, and Expressions Specifically Related to the Legal Profession

Business & Money

Burton, William

Education & Reference

McGraw-Hill Education

Prisoners' Self Help Litigation Manual, in its much anticipated fourth edition, is an indispensable guide for prisoners and prisoner advocates seeking to understand the rights guaranteed to prisoners by law and how to protect those rights. Clear, comprehensive, practical advice provides prisoners with everything they need to know on conditions of confinement, civil liberties in prison, procedural due process, the legal system, how to litigate, conducting effective legal research, and writing legal documents. Written by two legal and penitentiary experts with intimate knowledge of prisoner's rights and legal aid work, authors John Boston and Daniel E. Manville strategically focus on federal constitutional law, providing prisoners and those wishing to assist them with the most important information concerning legal rights. Over the past decade, prison law and conditions have changed significantly. This new edition is updated to include the most relevant prisoners' rights topics and approaches to litigation. Updates include all aspects of prison life as well as material on legal research, legal writing, types of legal remedies, and how to effectively use those remedies. Certainly the most authoritative, well organized and relevant prisoner's rights manual available the eagerly awaited fourth edition should be purchased by everyone interested in civil rights for the incarcerated.

Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual

Manville, Daniel E

Boston, John

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Oxford University Press

Using a practical applied approach to prepare future paralegals with state-specific material this text is integrated throughout with ethical problems and questions while a judicial case in each chapter relates text material to real-world examples.

Practical Real Estate Law, Texas Version :

Hinkel, Daniel F.

Gewertz, Martin

Delmar Pub

This paralegal-specific text uses a practical, applied approach to prepare future paralegals. The text includes current real estate forms. Ethical problems and questions are integrated throughout the text. A judicial case in each chapter relates text material to real-world examples. This edition includes a chapter (3) on condominiums and cooperatives. Computer applications are integrated throughout the text. State-specific versions for TX, FL, NY, and CA include margin annotations differentiating the state material and appendices with more explanations and state-specific forms.

Practical Real Estate Law: Second Edition

Cengage Learning

State-specific material has been prepared by David Mugridge of Fresno City College. See main text description for more details.

Practical Real Estate Law

Daniel F. Hinkel

West Group

Among the attributes that have contributed To The success of this text: comprehensive overview of research and writing skills, reinforced by illustrations and exercises. integration of writing strategies into each research chapter to ...

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