About the Author

Fred R. Shapiro has been the assistant director of the Yale Law School Library since 1987 and is a Lecturer in Legal Research at Yale Law School. He has written widely on legal language and legal research, and is a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Reviews

"[A] marvelous compendium....Particularly useful is the key-word index....A valuable addition to any reference shelf."--Western Legal History
"From its opening lines, we know that Shapiro's book is special. It is one of those rare encounters that entertains as well as educates....For the serious legal researcher--lawyer, judge or professor--Shapiro's volume supplies a rich source of apt quotations, both for flavor and sparkle as well as substance....Laudable and useful as these serious purposes are, however, the real value of the book is the pure delight it gives."--New York Law Journal
"A book that should enable a whole new generation of lawyers to sound erudite or witty or pompous at will....It is filled with the stirring rhetoric of court decisions and constitutions."--The New York Times
"Destined to become the standard reference work for legal quotations in public, academic, and law libraries."--Library Journal in starred review
"This is a fine book: modern, entertaining, and easy to use."--Federal Bar News & Journal
"The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations is a useful tool, a fascinating reference work, a book to dip into for fun. It should be on every lawyer's reference shelf but will no doubt find its way to many bedside tables."--Bench & Bar of Minnesota
"A good reference tool containing important case law."--Bimonthly Review of Law Books
"A good sampling of the best writing the American version of the common law produced is between the covers of the recently published Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations."--The Washington Lawyer
"Useful and needed....Essential for law libraries that want a traditional and timely resource."--Choice
"A monumental work--a monument to diligent, skilled research and meticulous attention to detail....A wonderful gift for anyone interested in the legal profession--ideal for graduating law students or retiring judges. And of course, its comprehensiveness and attention to detail make it a 'must have' in the reference collection of all law libraries....We should thank and praise Fred Shapiro."--Legal Information ALERT
"[A] marvelous compendium....Particularly useful is the key-word index....A valuable addition to any reference shelf."--Western Legal History
"From its opening lines, we know that Shapiro's book is special. It is one of those rare encounters that entertains as well as educates....For the serious legal researcher--lawyer, judge or professor--Shapiro's volume supplies a rich source of apt quotations, both for flavor and sparkle as well as substance....Laudable and useful as these serious purposes are, however, the real value of the book is the pure delight it gives."--New York Law Journal
"A book that should enable a whole new generation of lawyers to sound erudite or witty or pompous at will....It is filled with the stirring rhetoric of court decisions and constitutions."--The New York Times
"Destined to become the standard reference work for legal quotations in public, academic, and law libraries."--Library Journal in starred review
"This is a fine book: modern, entertaining, and easy to use."--Federal Bar News & Journal
"The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations is a useful tool, a fascinating reference work, a book to dip into for fun. It should be on every lawyer's reference shelf but will no doubt find its way to many bedside tables."--Bench & Bar of Minnesota
"A good reference tool containing important case law."--Bimonthly Review of Law Books
"A good sampling of the best writing the American version of the common law produced is between the covers of the recently published Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations."--The Washington Lawyer
"Useful and needed....Essential for law libraries that want a traditional and timely resource."--Choice
"A monumental work--a monument to diligent, skilled research and meticulous attention to detail....A wonderful gift for anyone interested in the legal profession--ideal for graduating law students or retiring judges. And of course, its comprehensiveness and attention to detail make it a 'must have' in the reference collection of all law libraries....We should thank and praise Fred Shapiro."--Legal Information ALERT
"Law librarians and legal researchers will find this work useful in their daily work. In addition, law clerks, judges, litigators and speech makers will want access to this treasure trove of legal gems....Whether you are looking to purchase an item which will be of great practical utility for your own office or are searching for just the right gift for a colleague or that new associate who just passed the bar, this book will serve your purposes. Many a stormy
winter's night can be pleasantly spent perusing its contents."--Law Practice Management
"The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations will be needed by all law libraries, by major academic and public libraries, and by smaller ones as local interest warrants."--Reference Books Bulletin
"This latest addition to a growing library of legal quotations is a valuable one for the lawyer's reference library."--New York State Bar Journal
"An excellent anthology."--The Independent
"[A] lively dictionary....Fascinating....Above all a treasury of writing on law that invites random reading for pleasure."--Times Literary Supplement