Livraison rapide
Paiement sécurisé
Retours gratuits

Legal Usage - A Modern Style Guide

A clear and easy-to-use guide for legal writers in common law countries.
Langue De Publication: English
Book
173,20 $
Quantité
En stock
Publié: 03 novembre 2017
ISBN/ISSN: 9780409341461

Détails des produits

Style guides for legal writing are rare — especially for lawyers and law students in British, Australian and other Commonwealth jurisdictions. This book fills that gap. It explores all aspects of legal usage. The purpose is to encourage a modern legal style that is clear, concise, elegant, reader-friendly and legally effective.

 The book is organised alphabetically by word, phrase and subject matter, with extensive cross-referencing to related topics. The author cites hundreds of usage examples from leading judges in common law jurisdictions. He offers simple plain-language alternatives for numerous technical terms and foreign-language phrases, with supporting examples from judgments and legal texts.

 Topics include:

  • organising material logically
  • adding impact to sentences
  • writing in ways that are gender-neutral and idiomatic
  • minimising ambiguity
  • using provisos and recitals
  • breaking complex material into digestible chunks
  • paragraphing effectively
  • punctuating properly
  • managing definitions
  • handling principles of interpretation
  • eliminating prolixity
  • creating effective headings
  • using (or avoiding) terms of art and Latin phrases
  • avoiding ‘fussy’ drafting
  • creating effective layout and design
  • using graphs, diagrams, notes and examples
 

Auteurs à la une