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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... Sentences , and Other Mister Meaners 107 11 Revising Your Prose 153 12 Making Your Writing Memorable 176 NOTES 199 USAGE NOTES 209 AN EDITING CHECKLIST 229 EDITING EXERCISES 237 SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES REFERENCE WORKS ...
... Sentences , and Other Mister Meaners 107 11 Revising Your Prose 153 12 Making Your Writing Memorable 176 NOTES 199 USAGE NOTES 209 AN EDITING CHECKLIST 229 EDITING EXERCISES 237 SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES REFERENCE WORKS ...
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... sentences, many lawyers, including the West Coast asso- ciate, point to a tattered copy of Strunk and White sitting on the bookshelf. The Elements of Style, that venerable volume on good usage, was published in 1918 and rediscovered in ...
... sentences, many lawyers, including the West Coast asso- ciate, point to a tattered copy of Strunk and White sitting on the bookshelf. The Elements of Style, that venerable volume on good usage, was published in 1918 and rediscovered in ...
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... sentences short. Avoid legal and financial jargon, weak verbs, and superfluous words. Instead of “capital appreciation,” write “growth.” Fourteen Causes of Bad Legal Writing Critics of legal writing discern not one but many causes of ...
... sentences short. Avoid legal and financial jargon, weak verbs, and superfluous words. Instead of “capital appreciation,” write “growth.” Fourteen Causes of Bad Legal Writing Critics of legal writing discern not one but many causes of ...
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... sentences dozens of lines long, with series of subjects (“person, organization, company, association, group, or other entity”)—insist that verbiage closes loopholes. If statutes were not verbose, they argue, courts would exploit the ...
... sentences dozens of lines long, with series of subjects (“person, organization, company, association, group, or other entity”)—insist that verbiage closes loopholes. If statutes were not verbose, they argue, courts would exploit the ...
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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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