Research Catalog

Title

The new Oxford companion to law / edited by Peter Cane, Joanne Conaghan.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Walker, David M.
• Cane, Peter, 1950-
• Conaghan, Joanne.

Description

lxxxiii, 1306 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Summary

For any reader needing a clear, concise explanation of a subject in law this title is the ideal reference work. Providing greater depth than legal dictionaries but always accessible to the non-expert, entries in this companion cover all areas of law and legal systems and are extensively cross-referenced for ease of navigation.

Subjects

• Encyclopedias
• Law > Great Britain > Dictionaries
• Law > Dictionaries

Genre/Form

Encyclopedias

Note

• Rev. ed. of: The Oxford companion to law / by David M. Walker. 1980.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction and readers guide -- A note about illustrations -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Tables of cases -- Tables of legislation -- Table of conventions and treaties, etc -- The companion: A-Z -- Sources of illustrations -- Index of names -- Subject index.

ISBN

• 9780199290543 (hbk.)
• 0199290547 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 179774038
• SCSB-10120115

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library