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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... mean diverse things. Solving minor difficulties, they may believe they have overcome all. At a prosperous West Coast ... means only mastering a few simple rules. To prove that they are good writers, or at least that they care about well ...
... mean diverse things. Solving minor difficulties, they may believe they have overcome all. At a prosperous West Coast ... means only mastering a few simple rules. To prove that they are good writers, or at least that they care about well ...
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... 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.
... 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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... means to other ends, we do not confine our discussion to rules of usage. We propose that readers con- sider context and process as well. In Chapter 2, we discuss the causes of poor writing and the historical critique of legal writing ...
... means to other ends, we do not confine our discussion to rules of usage. We propose that readers con- sider context and process as well. In Chapter 2, we discuss the causes of poor writing and the historical critique of legal writing ...
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... means that the writer is thoughtless or poorly trained. We recognize that mistakes in- evitably remain in this book too. We hope that by adhering to the principles we propound, we and you can learn to become more acute at spotting and ...
... means that the writer is thoughtless or poorly trained. We recognize that mistakes in- evitably remain in this book too. We hope that by adhering to the principles we propound, we and you can learn to become more acute at spotting and ...
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... means ; and that , too , not so plainly but that we may conscientiously divide one half on each side.3 Similar criticisms echoed through the nineteenth century , an age when reformers began to purge from the common - law system the ...
... means ; and that , too , not so plainly but that we may conscientiously divide one half on each side.3 Similar criticisms echoed through the nineteenth century , an age when reformers began to purge from the common - law system the ...
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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