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Latin in the language of English law is to disappear. Moving forces in the legal establishment have decreed it. Why then a new vade-mecum? Latin is learnt by few in school and young lawyers with minimal knowledge of the language will be in tenebris as they continue to meet it in old reported cases, academic articles, statutes and in decisions of EEC institutions and even falling from the lips of renegade judges. When Latin brings progress and comprehension to a halt, what then? Reach for Lawyers' Latin. This is an invaluable reference book of law-related Latin. Professional and comprehensive, yet lighthearted, it is immensely readable. All those interested in Latin may like to dip in to discover such particularly succinct phrases as uberrimae fidei (of the utmost (good) faith), doli capax (capable, legally, of wrong or fraud) or mala fide (in bad faith). They might conclude that legal Latin is useful, pragmatic and interesting and that it should not have obloquy heaped upon it.
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John Gray was born in 1938. Educated at Tonbridge School, he read law at Brasenose College, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 1962, he was an Inner Temple major scholar from 1962-5 and practised at the Common Law Bar for over thirty years, sitting as a recorder from 1984 to 1994 when he left the Bar to change direction; to write, attend his garden and indulge a life-long interest in wood. He is married with three grown-up children and lives near Ashford in Kent.
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"'A highly entertaining guide to Latin words and expressions that have passed the lips and pens of lawyers for centuries.' Commonwealth Lawyer 'Aimed specifically at legal practitioners, this is a vade-mecum with far wider application. It actually explains many legal concepts in terms which the rest of us can readily understand. It can be consulted, or even read, with profit by many and with enjoyment by many more.' Reference Reviews"
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- PublisherRobert Hale Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0709070667
- ISBN 13 9780709070665
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages143
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