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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... Words Are Their Product 71 PART III MANAGING YOUR PROSE 8 Writing the Lead 79 9 Form , Structure , and Organization 88 10 Wrong Words , Long Sentences , and Other Mister Meaners 107 11 Revising Your Prose 153 12 Making Your Writing ...
... Words Are Their Product 71 PART III MANAGING YOUR PROSE 8 Writing the Lead 79 9 Form , Structure , and Organization 88 10 Wrong Words , Long Sentences , and Other Mister Meaners 107 11 Revising Your Prose 153 12 Making Your Writing ...
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... words onto it, but if the document is unreadable, clients are not impressed—or should not be—that a lawyer has spent endless hours on their behalf. Good lawyers must devote their time to producing effective prose, but that is time well ...
... words onto it, but if the document is unreadable, clients are not impressed—or should not be—that a lawyer has spent endless hours on their behalf. Good lawyers must devote their time to producing effective prose, but that is time well ...
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... words to say what they mean, or, indeed, to say anything at all.”4 Prosser illustrated his lament by reprinting this passage, among others, from a final examination: notice to The buyer has an action for breech of warenty if he has gave ...
... words to say what they mean, or, indeed, to say anything at all.”4 Prosser illustrated his lament by reprinting this passage, among others, from a final examination: notice to The buyer has an action for breech of warenty if he has gave ...
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... words, inexpertly put to- gether.”7 As academic and professional law journals have continued to de- nounce the ... word to say about their lack of adequate powers of oral and written expression in their native tongue. arthur vanderbilt ...
... words, inexpertly put to- gether.”7 As academic and professional law journals have continued to de- nounce the ... word to say about their lack of adequate powers of oral and written expression in their native tongue. arthur vanderbilt ...
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... 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 the active voice ...
... 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 the active voice ...
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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