Book by Erin McKean & James Clapp

[Enid Pearsons]

Fred Shapiro wrote:

| Another item from the January 2004 issue of CHOICE Magazine (the leading
| review medium for academic books):
|
| 1001 Legal Words You Need to Know, ed. by Jay M. Feinman, James E. Clapp,
| and Erin McKean.  Oxford, 2003.  239p bibl afp ISBN 0-19-516503-9, $17.95
|
| . . . In addition to defining the 1,001  headwords, Feinman uses his
| expertise and insight to interpret clearly,  succinctly, and intelligibly
| ten legal problems often encountered by  ordinary people (e.g., what is
| power of attorney; how to understand a  contract, how to make a living
| will).  Summing Up:  Highly recommended.   All academic levels,
| professionals.

Fred, thank you for sharing these reviews with us. I was in-house editor
for James Clapp's _Random House Webster's Dictionary of the Law_ (ISBN
0-375-70239-3, $17.95), and I'd like to point out to the list that in
Oxford's _1001 Legal Words_ it was Clapp, not Feinman, who employed "his
expertise and insight to interpret clearly, succinctly, and intelligibly
ten legal problems often encountered by ordinary people (e.g., what is
power of attorney; how to understand a contract, how to make a living
will)." Although Jay Feinman selected and edited all the entry terms and
definitions, Clapp wrote all ten of the topical essays that this reviewer
so highly recommends.


Enid Pearsons
Lexicographer - Editor