The Lawyer's Guide to Writing WellUniversity of California Press, 2003 M01 13 - 287 páginas This eminently practical volume demystifies legal writing, outlines the causes and consequences of bad writing, and prescribes straightforward, easy-to-apply remedies that will make your writing readable. Complete with usage notes that address lawyers' most common errors, this well-organized book is both an invaluable tool for practicing lawyers and a sensible grounding for law students. This much-revised second edition contains a set of editing exercises (and a suggested revision key with explanations) to test your skill. This book is a definitive guide to becoming a better writer—and a better lawyer. |
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... English class that you never took , " Uviller told the newspaper . “ It's a class in basic grammar , syntax , style and usage . . " 2 Remarkably , 160 students - just under half the first - year class - enrolled for this noncredit ...
... English class that you never took , " Uviller told the newspaper . “ It's a class in basic grammar , syntax , style and usage . . " 2 Remarkably , 160 students - just under half the first - year class - enrolled for this noncredit ...
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... pedantry but from fascination with language and the power of writing. Good lawyers revere English—and edit their work one more time to ensure that they have expressed their thoughts with the clarity DOES BAD WRITING REALLY MATTER? 5.
... pedantry but from fascination with language and the power of writing. Good lawyers revere English—and edit their work one more time to ensure that they have expressed their thoughts with the clarity DOES BAD WRITING REALLY MATTER? 5.
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... English usage, but this knowledge is scarcely the height of the writer's skill. The writer must contend with scores of other usage problems, and usage itself is only one of many elements a skilled writer must master. Yet all too many ...
... English usage, but this knowledge is scarcely the height of the writer's skill. The writer must contend with scores of other usage problems, and usage itself is only one of many elements a skilled writer must master. Yet all too many ...
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... Thomas Jefferson, a pellucid writer of legal as well as ordinary English, mocked as “lawyerish” the orotund style of the day. Late in his career, long since retired as president , Jefferson wrote to a 14 WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
... Thomas Jefferson, a pellucid writer of legal as well as ordinary English, mocked as “lawyerish” the orotund style of the day. Late in his career, long since retired as president , Jefferson wrote to a 14 WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
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... English , where they consult a lawbook a hundred times ? . . . The lawyer too often is a careless writer ; and he , before all men , might write well if he but strove to do it . But he does not strive ; he “ dangles ” his participles ...
... English , where they consult a lawbook a hundred times ? . . . The lawyer too often is a careless writer ; and he , before all men , might write well if he but strove to do it . But he does not strive ; he “ dangles ” his participles ...
Contenido
THE PROCESS OF WRITING | 35 |
MANAGING YOUR PROSE | 77 |
NOTES | 199 |
USAGE NOTES | 209 |
AN EDITING CHECKLIST | 229 |
EDITING EXERCISES | 237 |
SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES | 241 |
REFERENCE WORKS | 249 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 257 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 267 |
INDEX | 269 |
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