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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... example, is how Strunk and White explain that and which: “That is the defining, or restrictive pronoun, which the nondefining, or nonrestrictive.” Accurate, surely, but how does it help? Lawyers' misplaced reliance on Strunk and White ...
... example, is how Strunk and White explain that and which: “That is the defining, or restrictive pronoun, which the nondefining, or nonrestrictive.” Accurate, surely, but how does it help? Lawyers' misplaced reliance on Strunk and White ...
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... example, we asked the question: “Do you have other thoughts on legal writing that you would like to share with us?” David L. Shapiro, a professor at Harvard Law School, chided: “Only that the 'sharing of thoughts' should be left to the ...
... example, we asked the question: “Do you have other thoughts on legal writing that you would like to share with us?” David L. Shapiro, a professor at Harvard Law School, chided: “Only that the 'sharing of thoughts' should be left to the ...
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... example , Urban A. Lavery , chief legislative drafts- man for the Illinois Constitutional Convention , scolded his fellow prac- titioners : How many lawyers ever consult once a book on grammar or on good use of English , where they ...
... example , Urban A. Lavery , chief legislative drafts- man for the Illinois Constitutional Convention , scolded his fellow prac- titioners : How many lawyers ever consult once a book on grammar or on good use of English , where they ...
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... plain English requirement, as if the subject were new. In 1998, for example, the Office of Investor Education and Assistance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published A Plain DON'T MAKE IT LIKE IT WAS 17.
... plain English requirement, as if the subject were new. In 1998, for example, the Office of Investor Education and Assistance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published A Plain DON'T MAKE IT LIKE IT WAS 17.
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... examples with this recall notice to automobile own- ers, a favorite example of Joseph Williams, author of Style, one of the best books on clear writing: “Sudden hood fly-up beyond the secondary catch while driving . . . could result in ...
... examples with this recall notice to automobile own- ers, a favorite example of Joseph Williams, author of Style, one of the best books on clear writing: “Sudden hood fly-up beyond the secondary catch while driving . . . could result in ...
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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