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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... language. Good lawyers browse through usage books now and again, not from 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 ...
... language. Good lawyers browse through usage books now and again, not from 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 ...
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... language even though none could remember the reason for the language. In the six- teenth century, the lord chancellor stuffed a plaintiff's head through a hole cut in a stack of pleadings and marched him around Westminster Hall with the ...
... language even though none could remember the reason for the language. In the six- teenth century, the lord chancellor stuffed a plaintiff's head through a hole cut in a stack of pleadings and marched him around Westminster Hall with the ...
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... language : You , however , can easily correct this bill to the taste of my brother lawyers , by making every other word a " said " or " aforesaid , " and saying everything over two or three times , so that nobody but we of the craft can ...
... language : You , however , can easily correct this bill to the taste of my brother lawyers , by making every other word a " said " or " aforesaid , " and saying everything over two or three times , so that nobody but we of the craft can ...
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... Language columns have proliferated in bar journals, and books for students and practitioners have flooded the market. Almost everyone who discusses law school students—or even, it may be added, young law school graduates—has an unkind ...
... Language columns have proliferated in bar journals, and books for students and practitioners have flooded the market. Almost everyone who discusses law school students—or even, it may be added, young law school graduates—has an unkind ...
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... of the law, em- bodied in its ritualistic language. • Technological. Modern machines are responsible for slovenly writing. • Institutional. The pressure of business is responsible for unclear 18 WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
... of the law, em- bodied in its ritualistic language. • Technological. Modern machines are responsible for slovenly writing. • Institutional. The pressure of business is responsible for unclear 18 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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