Author: Giles JacobPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
A New Law-dictionary
Author: Giles JacobA New Law-dictionary
Author: Gilles JacobA new law-dictionary containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law etc
Author: Giles JacobThe Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History
Author: John B. NannPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300235682
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The study of legal history has a broad application that extends well beyond the interests of legal historians. An attorney arguing a case today may need to cite cases that are decades or even centuries old, and historians studying political or cultural history often encounter legal issues that affect their main subjects. Both groups need to understand the laws and legal practices of past eras. This essential reference is intended for the many nonspecialists who need to enter this arcane and often tricky area of research.
The Complete Measurer ... The Tenth Edition, Etc
Author: William HawneyThe First Book of the Law; Explaining the Nature, Sources, Books, and Practical Applications of Legal Science, Etc
Author: Joel Prentiss BISHOPPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A New Law-dictionary
Author: Giles JacobA New Law-dictionary
Author: Giles JacobA Bibliography of Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922
Author: Arthur Garfield KennedyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English philology
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Vulgar Tongues
Author: Max DécharnéPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 168177500X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This rollercoaster ride through the colorful history of slang—from highwaymen to hip-hop—is a fresh and exciting take on the subject: entertaining and authoritative without being patronizing, out-of-touch or voyeuristic. Slang is the language of pop culture, low culture, street culture, underground movements and secret societies; depending on your point of view, it is a badge of honor, a sign of identity or a dangerous assault on the values of polite society. Of all the vocabularies available to us, slang is the most alive, constantly evolving and—as it leaks into the mainstream and is taken up by all of us—infusing the language with a healthy dose of vitality. Witty, energetic and informative Vulgar Tongues traces the many routes of slang, beginning with the thieves and prostitutes of Elizabethan London and ending with the present day, where the centuries-old terms rap and hip-hop still survive, though their meanings have changed. On the way we will meet Dr. Johnson, World War II flying aces, pickpockets, schoolchildren, hardboiled private eyes, carnival geeks and the many eccentric characters who have tried to record slang throughout its checkered past. If you’re curious about flapdragons and ale passion, the changing meanings of punk and geek, or how fly originated on the streets of eighteenth-century London and square in Masonic lodges, this is the book for you.