It's often instructive to compare entries in older and newer versions of Black's Law Dictionary—and on subjects I work on, the older ones are usually better. An example is the entry for equity.

I suspect that when most people think of the law — if they think of it at all — they conceive of it as wearing a suit and tie, perhaps one with the buttons fastened and the knot cinched overly tight.

Forthcoming in the Journal of Legal History is an article by Princeton Ph.D. candidate Kellen Funk entitled Equity Without Chancery: The Fusion of Law and Equity in the Field Code of Civil Procedure, ...