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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... becomes. One can be a good lawyer or judge and a bad writer, but not a great one without being a good writer. stuart berg flexner Good lawyers are genuinely interested in words, in their nuances, in the subtle distinctions between them ...
... becomes. One can be a good lawyer or judge and a bad writer, but not a great one without being a good writer. stuart berg flexner Good lawyers are genuinely interested in words, in their nuances, in the subtle distinctions between them ...
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... have found particularly useful in writing is to reread occasionally The Elements of Style. Immediately after these readings, my sentences seem to become shorter and clearer. In time, I drift back 8 WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
... have found particularly useful in writing is to reread occasionally The Elements of Style. Immediately after these readings, my sentences seem to become shorter and clearer. In time, I drift back 8 WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
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... become better writers and that they will be equipped with the means of improving further on their own. Three more observations about the book's aims: 1. Because writing is an art and a skill, a DOES BAD WRITING REALLY MATTER? 9.
... become better writers and that they will be equipped with the means of improving further on their own. Three more observations about the book's aims: 1. Because writing is an art and a skill, a DOES BAD WRITING REALLY MATTER? 9.
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... that by adhering to the principles we propound, we and you can learn to become more acute at spotting and eliminating the mistakes that slip through. 2 don't make it like it was Around the country, DOES BAD WRITING REALLY MATTER? 11.
... that by adhering to the principles we propound, we and you can learn to become more acute at spotting and eliminating the mistakes that slip through. 2 don't make it like it was Around the country, DOES BAD WRITING REALLY MATTER? 11.
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... .6 Carl McGowan, a Chicago practitioner later to become a dis- tinguished federal appeals judge, complained in 1961 of the inability of lawyers to express themselves in English: “Most of the 16 WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
... .6 Carl McGowan, a Chicago practitioner later to become a dis- tinguished federal appeals judge, complained in 1961 of the inability of lawyers to express themselves in English: “Most of the 16 WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
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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