Format:
1 Online-Ressource (289 pages)
ISBN:
9780520929074
,
0520929071
Content:
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 bette
Note:
PREFACE; PART I: WHY LAWYERS WRITE POORLY; PART II: THE PROCESS OF WRITING; PART III: MANAGING YOUR PROSE; NOTES; USAGE NOTES; AN EDITING CHECKLIST; EDITING EXERCISES; SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO EDITING EXERCISES; REFERENCE WORKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INDEX.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520234727
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Goldstein, Tom Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well : Second Edition Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 ISBN 9780520234727
Language:
English
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