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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... requires prospective practitioners to spend three years at law school, where students learn the substance of law ... require that law students complete two “rigorous writing experience[s],” a term the accrediting arm has never defined ...
... requires prospective practitioners to spend three years at law school, where students learn the substance of law ... require that law students complete two “rigorous writing experience[s],” a term the accrediting arm has never defined ...
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... requires “legalese.” • Economic. Lawyers make more money by writing poorly. • Historical. Creatures of precedent, lawyers do what was done before, solely because it was done before. • Ritualistic. People must believe in the majesty of ...
... requires “legalese.” • Economic. Lawyers make more money by writing poorly. • Historical. Creatures of precedent, lawyers do what was done before, solely because it was done before. • Ritualistic. People must believe in the majesty of ...
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... requires that kind of dismal prose. Defenders of the verbose style of statutory language—those over- blown sentences dozens of lines long, with series of subjects (“person, organization, company, association, group, or other entity ...
... requires that kind of dismal prose. Defenders of the verbose style of statutory language—those over- blown sentences dozens of lines long, with series of subjects (“person, organization, company, association, group, or other entity ...
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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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