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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... all the relevant information down on the paper ; they refer to all the possible issues and suggest a number of different approaches and counterapproaches ; and all the while they have no perception of how a WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
... all the relevant information down on the paper ; they refer to all the possible issues and suggest a number of different approaches and counterapproaches ; and all the while they have no perception of how a WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY.
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... issue in English usage, but this knowledge is scarcely the height of the writer's skill. The writer must contend with scores of other usage problems, and usage itself is only one of many elements a skilled writer must master. Yet all ...
... issue in English usage, but this knowledge is scarcely the height of the writer's skill. The writer must contend with scores of other usage problems, and usage itself is only one of many elements a skilled writer must master. Yet all ...
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... issues in each petition for certiorari, “until,” he says, “I got discouraged.” Here are two of his favorites: Whether, consistently with the due process clause and the equal protec- tion clause of the fourteenth amendment, a state court ...
... issues in each petition for certiorari, “until,” he says, “I got discouraged.” Here are two of his favorites: Whether, consistently with the due process clause and the equal protec- tion clause of the fourteenth amendment, a state court ...
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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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