The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations
According to the preface, this new reference "includes quotations by Americans about law, or by foreigners about American law." It contains "passages from judicial opinions, legal treatises, law review articles... statutes, legislative materials, ethics rules, presidential documents and speeches." Over 3500 quotations are arranged by subject with cross references to other topics; keyword and author indexes are also provided. As one might expect, Oliver Wendell Holmes is quoted most often (255 quotes). Other frequently quoted authors are Robert H. Jackson (134 quotes), Benjamin N. Cardozo (127 quotes), Thomas Jefferson (102 quotes), Learned Hand (89 quotes), and John Marshall (84 quotes). Although other authors include Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, and Mario Puzo--"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns,"--for the most part, the quotations are serious and lengthy; many are longer than one paragraph. More up-to-date than Ragbag of Legal Quotations (Bender, 1960), more convenient to use than Quote It II (Hein, 1988), which must be searched as a supplement to its previous edition, Quote It (Clark Boardman, 1969), Shapiro's collection is destined to become the standard reference work for legal quotations in public, academic, and law libraries.- Elizabeth Fielder Olson, Archer & Greiner, Haddonfield, N.J.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.