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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... understand the papers filed by either of them.1 He ordered the lawyers to rewrite their motions and objections. The judge's impatience stands for more than the passing mortifica- 3. 1. does. bad. writing. 1 Does Bad Writing Really Matter?
... understand the papers filed by either of them.1 He ordered the lawyers to rewrite their motions and objections. The judge's impatience stands for more than the passing mortifica- 3. 1. does. bad. writing. 1 Does Bad Writing Really Matter?
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... understand what lawyers are saying because the law itself is almost always obscure, and the lawyers' attempts to explain it are rarely clearer. • It erodes self-respect. Hurried, careless writing weakens the imagination, saps ...
... understand what lawyers are saying because the law itself is almost always obscure, and the lawyers' attempts to explain it are rarely clearer. • It erodes self-respect. Hurried, careless writing weakens the imagination, saps ...
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... understand them. As lawyers learn to write well, inevitably the public will learn to under- stand them also. But that is not the starting point. Lawyers must first learn to talk to each other. Mindful that we have chided scores of ...
... understand them. As lawyers learn to write well, inevitably the public will learn to under- stand them also. But that is not the starting point. Lawyers must first learn to talk to each other. Mindful that we have chided scores of ...
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... understand.” Jeremy Bentham was blunter, characterizing lawyers' language as “excrementitious matter” and “literary garbage,” even though his insistence on nouns in place of verbs contributed to the opaque quality of modern legal prose ...
... understand.” Jeremy Bentham was blunter, characterizing lawyers' language as “excrementitious matter” and “literary garbage,” even though his insistence on nouns in place of verbs contributed to the opaque quality of modern legal prose ...
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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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