Legal Writing in Plain English, Second Edition: A Text with Exercises by Bryan A

Description: Legal Writing in Plain English, Second Edition by Bryan A. Garner Encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. This title includes case examples from past decade and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic formats. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001 Bryan A. Garners Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. Now the leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills.Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching experience. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the books principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. In this new edition, Garner preserves the successful structure of the original while adjusting the content to make it even more classroom-friendly. He includes case examples from the past decade and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic formats. His book remains the standard guide for producing the jargon-free language that clients demand and courts reward. Author Biography Bryan A. Garner is president of LawProse, Inc., and the Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University. The editor in chief of Blacks Law Dictionary, he is the author of several best-selling books, including Garners Modern American Usage and, with Justice Antonin Scalia, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts and Making Your Case: The Art of Persunding Judges. Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part One: Principles for All Legal Writing 1. Framing Your Thoughts Review "Bryan A. Garner is a genius" (David Foster Wallace) "Interspersed with rules of good writing is a revolutionary manifesto packaged in a plain gray wrapper. This book wont draw attention merely by sitting on your shelf, but if you put certain pieces of its advice in the next legal document you draft, you are sure to raise the eyebrows of any lawyer who reads it." (Trial) "This magnificent book explains every major principle of plain legal writing in a way that no other book has ever done. Get a copy for every law student, lawyer, and legislator that you know." (Mark E. Wojcik, John Marshall Law School)" Review Quote "This magnificent book explains every major principle of plain legal writing in a way that no other book has ever done. Based on years of Garners research and teaching, this book elevates the standard of what a legal-writing text can and should be. Get a copy for every law student, lawyer, and legislator that you know." Details ISBN0226283933 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0226283933 ISBN-13 9780226283937 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle A Text with Exercises Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780226284187 DEWEY 808.06634 Illustrations 69 line drawings, 8 tables Short Title LEGAL WRITING IN PLAIN ENGLISH UK Release Date 2013-08-26 NZ Release Date 2013-08-26 Author Bryan A. Garner Pages 256 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Edition Description Second Edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2013-08-25 Series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing Publication Date 2013-08-26 US Release Date 2013-08-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:76864930;

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