Criminal Law

Verb Words
I'm always interested in words that relate to a particular area. A couple of weeks ago, I looked at words for book lovers. Now it's time to think of words about words. In this case, I'm concentrating on one particular Latin root, verbum, the Latin word for word...

Womanly Words - Gyn
Well, I couldn't let the men have all the fun. English has a lot of words that contain the Greek root meaning woman or female - gyn. This appears at the start or in the middle of many common words...

We Must Use Big Words
As law professors, we must use big words. Nay, allow me to restate, viz., it is incumbent upon us to deploy brobdingnagian lexemes. Coming from a journalism undergraduate education, I grew up with a disdain for big words...

Sticks And Stones Might Break By Bones, But Words Will Never ... (Oops)
Social media I would think has pretty much killed this little saying. Of course words hurt. Some of them can really cut. There are a bunch of words that can really sting. The bottom line is that words matter...

Words of Shame, Hard Truth, and Even Anger are Not the Same as Words of Hate
For Catholics, and especially for those of us who are lawyers, we always remember the words of St. Thomas More as he was led to his execution: ?I die the King?s good servant, but God?s first...

WestlaweCarswells Words & Phrases
I note from this month’s WestlaweCarswell eBulletin that Words & Phrases has finally been rolled out. According to the bulletin: Words & Phrases is now available on LawSource!   Words & Phrases provides you with fresh strategies for finding the law online...