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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... University Jethro K. Lieberman Associate Dean for Academic Affairs , Professor of Law , and Director , The Writing Program New York Law School SECOND EDITION University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles / London . University of ...
... University Jethro K. Lieberman Associate Dean for Academic Affairs , Professor of Law , and Director , The Writing Program New York Law School SECOND EDITION University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles / London . University of ...
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... University of California Press , Ltd. London , England © 2002 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Goldstein , Tom . The lawyer's guide to writing well / Tom Goldstein and ...
... University of California Press , Ltd. London , England © 2002 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Goldstein , Tom . The lawyer's guide to writing well / Tom Goldstein and ...
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... University , uses an elaborate metaphor — the “ toll booth syn- drome ” —to describe how lawyers write . Late on an arctic night as you drive home from an exhausting day's work , you toss your last quarter at the toll basket — and miss ...
... University , uses an elaborate metaphor — the “ toll booth syn- drome ” —to describe how lawyers write . Late on an arctic night as you drive home from an exhausting day's work , you toss your last quarter at the toll basket — and miss ...
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... University of Minnesota Law School, said of his students: “Very, very many of them are hopelessly, deplorably unskilled and inept in the use of words to say what they mean, or, indeed, to say anything at all.”4 Prosser illustrated his ...
... University of Minnesota Law School, said of his students: “Very, very many of them are hopelessly, deplorably unskilled and inept in the use of words to say what they mean, or, indeed, to say anything at all.”4 Prosser illustrated his ...
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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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