Mozley and Whiteley's Law Dictionary

Since 1876, Mozley and Whiteley's Law Dictionary has supplied generations of students with a comprehensive yet concise guide to the language of the law. Continuing this fine tradition, the twelfth edition, compiled by Dr J.E. Penner, contains not only on exposition of essential legal terms and phrases, but also a commentary on the law bearing upon them.

This new edition has been brought fully up to date and is on essential point of reference particularly for those needing access to the changes in legal terminology resulting from the final report and implementation of Lord Woolf's reform of civil justice. Dr Penner has striven to ensure that the reader gains of full insight into legal terminology by including many of the important terms which have been displaced by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 whilst introducing those that replace them.

While fulfilling the traditional reference book role, Mozley and Whiteley's Law Dictionary has been enhanced by a careful revision of content and structure, to enable it to meet even more closely the needs of law students at all levels. Entries relating to major areas of the law have been expanded so that key terms are introduced in context and related to other relevant terms within the same subject.