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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... give adversaries who are better writers the opportunity to portray their own positions more persuasively and sympathetically. • It can lead to disrespect for or indifference to law. The public can't understand what lawyers are saying ...
... give adversaries who are better writers the opportunity to portray their own positions more persuasively and sympathetically. • It can lead to disrespect for or indifference to law. The public can't understand what lawyers are saying ...
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... gives a copy to every lawyer admitted to practice. Thomas W. Evans, a senior partner in a large New York firm, told us: “Over the years the only aid that I have found particularly useful in writing is to reread occasionally The Elements ...
... gives a copy to every lawyer admitted to practice. Thomas W. Evans, a senior partner in a large New York firm, told us: “Over the years the only aid that I have found particularly useful in writing is to reread occasionally The Elements ...
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... give such he has an action no action for breech of warenty also after he reasonably ought to of known the warenty would be implied warenty of merchent- able quality here thirty days is too long. You could not bring fittness for the ...
... give such he has an action no action for breech of warenty also after he reasonably ought to of known the warenty would be implied warenty of merchent- able quality here thirty days is too long. You could not bring fittness for the ...
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... give way to everyday words that communi- cate complex information clearly.”8 The primary author of the manual, William Lutz (an English professor at Rutgers who has edited the Quarterly Review of Doublespeak) offers succinct advice: Use ...
... give way to everyday words that communi- cate complex information clearly.”8 The primary author of the manual, William Lutz (an English professor at Rutgers who has edited the Quarterly Review of Doublespeak) offers succinct advice: Use ...
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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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