The Dictionary and the Man: Garner’s Black’s Law Dictionary

Authors

Jeanne Price, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Roy M. Mersky

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

The 7th and 8th editions of Black's Law Dictionary were the first edited by Bryan Garner. This review of the 8th edition of Black's Law Dictionary focuses on the approach taken by Garner in thoroughly revising the dictionary and places his work in the context of the recent history of legal dictionaries and lexicography.

Publication Citation

63 Washington & Lee Law Review 719 (2006).

Recommended Citation

Price, Jeanne and Mersky, Roy M., "The Dictionary and the Man: Garner’s Black’s Law Dictionary" (2006). Scholarly Works. 413.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/413