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Dewey Decimal Number: 340.03 EAN: 9781575884523 Edition: 3rd ISBN: 1575884526 Label: William S. Hein & Company Manufacturer: William S. Hein & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 913 Publication Date: 1999-01 Publisher: William S. Hein & Company Studio: William S. Hein & Company Average Rating:
 Rating:  - This Book Is Worth It!I found this book very useful since it assists the practictioner with the problem of explaining "concepts" that are virtually untranslatable. Though there may be a few quibbles with some of the trsanslation, Dahl does an excellent job of helping to understand concepts. For example, his explanation of "Discovery" and its scope and limits is brilliant. It is a very useful tool to explain such concepts to the non-U.S. person who has little understanding of the complexities of U.S. law. I highly recommend ... Read More Rating:  - Not the best choice.The advertising blurbs about this dictionary make it sound very promising indeed. It is "an annotated legal dictionary, including authoritative definitions from codes, case law, statutes, legal writing and legal opinions from attorneys general." Unfortunately, however, it shares many of the problems noted in Dahl's French legal dictionary. Like its French counterpart, the Spanish Dahl suffers from many instances of tortured translation. For example, under "cobro de lo indebido," we read: "If a thing is ... Read More |
