Law Book
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A Law Book is a Book that contains a collection of legal rules and regulations that govern a particular jurisdiction.
- Context:
- It can serve as a Legal Reference Material for lawyers, judges, law students, and individuals interested in the law.
- It can include annotations, commentary, and historical context to help interpret and understand the legal rules and regulations.
- It can be used in Regal Research to find precedents, understand the application of law in various circumstances, and aid in the drafting of legal documents.
- It can vary significantly in scope, covering international law, federal law, or laws specific to a state or local government.
- It can be updated or published in new editions to reflect changes in law and legal interpretations.
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- See: Legal Code, Legal System, Legislation, Legal Bibliography, Stanford Law Review, Commentaries on American Law, Legal Writing.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/law_book Retrieved:2023-6-28.
- A law book is a book about law. It is possible to make a distinction between "law books" on the one hand, and "books about law" on the other. This distinction is "useful". A law book is "a work of legal doctrine".[1] It consists of "law talk", that is to say, propositions of law.[2]
"The first duty of a law book is to state the law as it is, truly and accurately, and then the reason or principle for it as far as it is known". The "first requisite in a law-book is perfect accuracy". [3] A "law book is supposed to state what the law is rather than what it is not". "One great desideratum in a law book is facility of reference". A "list of law books and related materials" is a legal bibliography.
- A law book is a book about law. It is possible to make a distinction between "law books" on the one hand, and "books about law" on the other. This distinction is "useful". A law book is "a work of legal doctrine".[1] It consists of "law talk", that is to say, propositions of law.[2]
- ↑ Abel, Richard L. (November 1973). "Law Books and Books about Law". Stanford Law Review. 26 (1): 175–228. doi:10.2307/1227916. JSTOR 1227916.
- ↑ Twining, William; Miers, David (1999). How to do Things with Rules (4th ed.). London, Edinburgh, Dublin: Butterworths. p. 422. ISBN 0-406-90408-1.
- ↑ Scotsman, quoted in James Campbell Irons; Robert Dundonald Melville, eds. (1903). Treatise on the Law of Arbitration in Scotland. Edinburgh: William Green & Sons. p. 622. ISBN 9780414008205 – via Google Books.