FormorethanacenturyBlack'sLawDictionaryhasbeenthegoldstandardforthelanguageoflaw.Todayit'sthemostwidelycitedlawbookintheworld.ByEditorinChiefBryanA.Garnertheworld'sleadinglegallexicographerthe10thEditionisthemostauthoritativecomprehensivelawdictionaryeverpublished.Itcontainsmorethan50000termsandincludes:
BryanA.Garner(bornNovember17,1958,inLubbock,Texas)isanAmericanlawyer,lexicographer,andteacherwhohaswrittenseveralbooksaboutEnglishusageandstyle,includingGarner'sModernAmericanUsageandElementsofLegalStyle.Heistheeditor-in-chiefofallcurrenteditionsofBlack'sLawDictionary.HehascoauthoredtwobookswithJusticeAntoninScalia:MakingYourCase:TheArtofPersuadingJudges(2008)andReadingLaw:TheInterpretationofLegalTexts(2012).
FounderandpresidentofLawProse,Inc.,heservesasDistinguishedResearchProfessorofLawatSouthernMethodistUniversityDedmanSchoolofLaw