Legal dictionary

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Legal dictionaries are dictionaries that explain legal terms in one language or translate from one language to another.

Monolingual, German

Well-known German monolingual dictionaries are:

  • Annegerd Alpmann-Pieper et al. (Ed.), Alpmann Brockhaus Study Lexicon Law , 3rd edition: 2010; 1444 pages; ISBN 978-3-406-57917-2 (The articles are partially identical in text to Der Brockhaus Recht [see below], but supplemented with references; the presentation of both volumes is different).
  • Hermann Avenarius, Small Legal Dictionary . 800 definition and explanatory articles with numerous reference keywords, Federal Agency for Political Education: Bonn, 6th edition: 1991 (licensed edition for Herder: Freiburg i. Br., 1990 or 1991 [?]; See ISBN 3-451-08733-2 ; 604 pages); 630 pages. The dictionary provides short, rather popular explanations.
  • Brockhaus law . Understanding the law, knowing its rights, Brockhaus: Leipzig / Mannheim, 2nd edition: 2005, 864 pages; ISBN 3-7653-0559-6 .
  • Carl Creifelds, legal dictionary ed. by Klaus Weber, Beck: Munich, 19., revised. Edition: 2007, 1480 pages; ISBN 3-406-55392-3 . The page format of this dictionary is significantly smaller than that of the two Brockhaus dictionaries.
  • German legal dictionary - dictionary of the older German legal language ed. from the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Successor, Weimar; currently around 90,000 articles, over 11 volumes with around 10,000 pages; ISBN 978-3-7400-0005-9 . Large dictionary that deals exclusively with historical legal terms.
  • Gerhard Köbler, legal dictionary . For studies and training, Vahlen: Munich, 8., neubearb. Edition: 1997, 504 pages; ISBN 978-3-8006-3415-6 .
  • Adolf Reifferscheid (Ed.), Supplementary Lexicon of Law (Luchterhand: Berlin / Neuwied, 1954 ff .; new edition: Neuwied et al. 1981 ff., ISBN 3-472-10700-6 ), loose-leaf collection in 9 files, which are long with references to literature provided articles deal with keywords from 18 subject areas. Each topic has its own editor.
  • Horst Tilch / Frank Arloth (eds.), German Legal Lexicon . 3 vol., Beck: Munich, 3rd edition: 2001; 5026 pages (Vol. 1: ISBN 3-406-48052-7 ; Vol. 2: ISBN 3-406-48053-5 ; Vol. 3: ISBN 3-406-48054-3 ) + supplementary volume : 2003; 499 pages ( ISBN 3-406-49803-5 ).

Bilingual: German - English

  • Clara-Erika Dietl / Egon Lorenz, dictionary for law, economics and politics with explanatory comparative legal comments, Beck: Munich, Part I English-German: 6th, completely revised. and exp. Edition: 2000; 942 pages; ISBN 978-3-406-44112-7 (7th, completely revised and extended edition announced for March 2007; ISBN 978-3-406-57395-8 ); Part II German - English: 5th edition: 2005; 899 pages; ISBN 978-3-406-48067-6 .

Bilingual: German - Castilian

  • Herbert J. Becher, Dictionary of Legal and Business Language . Beck: Munich, 5th edition: 1999; T. 1: Spanish - German; 1420 pages; ISBN 3-406-45161-6 ; T 2: German - Spanish; 1282 pages; ISBN 3-406-44442-3 .
  • Catalina Garay, legal dictionary . With explanations, representations of laws, ordinances, contracts, abbreviations, court constitutions, legal remedies. Spanish German. German - Spanish, Luchterhand, C. Beck, 3rd edition: 2008; 1045 pages; ISBN 978-3-472-07183-9 http://ddb.de

Others

  • Legal dictionary: French-German, Schulthess Verlag, 1939.
  • Erol Ulusoy: Legal dictionary: partly with explanations: Turkish-German, German-Turkish , Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım publishing house, 1999, ISBN 3-000-02065-9 .
  • Firous Ebrahim-Nesbat: Legal dictionary: Persian-German , Universitätsverlag Göttingen, ISBN 3-941-87544-2 .

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