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Author | : Bryan A. Garner |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2013-08-26 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 022603139X |
“This easy-to-follow guide is useful both as a general course of instruction and as a targeted aid in solving particular legal writing problems.” —Harvard Law Review Clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. For more than twenty years, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. The leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the book’s principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. In this new edition, Garner preserves the successful structure of the original while adjusting the content to make it even more classroom-friendly. He includes case examples from the past decade and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic formats. His book remains the standard guide for producing the jargon-free language that clients demand and courts reward. “Those who are willing to approach the book systematically and to complete the exercises will see dramatic improvements in their writing.” —Law Library Journal
Author | : Cheryl Stephens |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2008-07 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0557014506 |
A complete guide to clean, precise and understandable legal writing So many books give you advice that turns out to be hollow: "know your audience," "structure your writing." The real strength in Plain Language Legal Writing is how, throughout, Stephens provides clear instructions on how to accomplish what she's recommending. Instead of just telling you to plan what you're going to write, she walks you step-by-step through the planning. Instead of telling you to consider your audience before writing, she describes in detail the sorts of audiences a legal document might have (more than you'd expect!) and how to best meet their needs. Plain Language Legal Writing will help you produce documents that people are willing to read and able to understand. More: PlainLanguageLegalWriting.comOther versions: e-book
Author | : Arvin Antonio Ortiz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2021 |
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ISBN | : 9786210423228 |
Author | : Richard C. Wydick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Mark P. Painter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Ross Guberman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2014-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199943850 |
In Point Made, Ross Guberman uses the work of great advocates as the basis of a valuable, step-by-step brief-writing and motion-writing strategy for practitioners. The author takes an empirical approach, drawing heavily on the writings of the nation's 50 most influential lawyers.
Author | : Anne Rutledge |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781480257146 |
BASIC LEGAL DRAFTING offers down-to-earth instruction on how to draft well-organized and clearly articulated legal documents. A culmination of twenty-five years of teaching in the highly regarded Legal Drafting Program at the University of Florida College of Law, the book is designed to be used as a resource for law students and practicing attorneys, as well as a textbook for drafting classes. The text is particularly strong in its discussions of how to organize a document, often the most difficult task facing a drafter and typically under-addressed in other drafting manuals. Equally useful are the very concrete recommendations on how to articulate the language of a document in order to achieve clarity and precision. The text helpfully distinguishes traditional drafting principles from common conventions and stylistic preferences. The litigation chapter addresses complaints, answers and motions. Useful examples range from a simple negligence complaint to a complex statutory-based multi-count complaint and appropriate responses. The contracts chapter includes an extensive discussion, with examples, on how to create for any contract a logical, coherent framework that underlines the drafter's (and presumably the client's) intentions. The chapter addresses in detail the articulation of particular provisions, including definitions, termination and exculpatory provisions. Its comprehensive discussion of how to recognize and avoid various types of ambiguity will prove useful beyond the contract drafting context. The legislation chapter identifies common legislative protocols and applies, within those protocols, many of the organization and articulation principles set out in the contracts chapter. While the text uses litigation documents, contracts and legislation as the bases for its discussions, Basic Legal Drafting offers practical, realistic advice and instructions that will be useful to the drafter of any type of legal document.
Author | : Rudolf Flesch |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Author | : Richard K. Neumann |
Publisher | : Aspen Publishers |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Antonin Scalia |
Publisher | : West Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Appellate procedure |
ISBN | : 9780314184719 |
In their professional lives, courtroom lawyers must do these two things well: speak persuasively and write persuasively. In this noteworthy book, two noted legal writers systematically present every important idea about judicial persuasion in a fresh, entertaining way. The book covers the essentials of sound legal reasoning, including how to develop the syllogism that underlies any argument. From there the authors explain the art of brief writing, especially what to include and what to omit, so that you can induce the judge to focus closely on your arguments. Finally, they show what it takes to succeed in oral argument.