West's Encyclopedia of American Law

The new 2nd edition of the standard reference West's Encyclopedia of American Law contains a comprehensive overview of American law in 13-volumes covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and persons significant to U.S. law. Including 5,000 entries that range from brief definitions of legal jargon to exhaustive examinations of court-room procedure, from explanations of complex topics such as civil rights to biographies of standout attorneys, from analyses of controversial issues such as gun control to transcripts of crucial Supreme Court decisions. Each entry was written, updated, and reviewed by lawyers and professors with the layperson or beginning student in mind.Lehman, Jeffrey is the author of 'West's Encyclopedia of American Law', published 2004 under ISBN 9780787663674 and ISBN 0787663670.