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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... CHECKLIST 229 EDITING EXERCISES 237 SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES REFERENCE WORKS 249 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 257 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 267 INDEX 269 241 This page intentionally left blank PREFACE The first edition of CONTENTS.
... CHECKLIST 229 EDITING EXERCISES 237 SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES REFERENCE WORKS 249 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 257 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 267 INDEX 269 241 This page intentionally left blank PREFACE The first edition of CONTENTS.
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Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman. This page intentionally left blank PREFACE The first edition of this book was written in.
Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman. This page intentionally left blank PREFACE The first edition of this book was written in.
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... first edition appeared , there have been vast changes in the technology of communications — the ways in which lawyers produce and distribute their letters , memoranda , briefs , and other documents . In the late 1980s , desktop ...
... first edition appeared , there have been vast changes in the technology of communications — the ways in which lawyers produce and distribute their letters , memoranda , briefs , and other documents . In the late 1980s , desktop ...
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... first - year class - enrolled for this noncredit course . They were divided into two sections , an impossibly high number of students . Writing needs to be taught in small sections , preferably no more than 15. In this course , no ...
... first - year class - enrolled for this noncredit course . They were divided into two sections , an impossibly high number of students . Writing needs to be taught in small sections , preferably no more than 15. In this course , no ...
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... first-year students take a required “writing” course. But these courses, often taught by low-status writing instructors without tenure or hope of getting it, carry few credits and deliver little in the way of a sustained critique of ...
... first-year students take a required “writing” course. But these courses, often taught by low-status writing instructors without tenure or hope of getting it, carry few credits and deliver little in the way of a sustained critique of ...
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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