The elements of legal style /
Garner, Bryan A.
The elements of legal style / Bryan A. Garner. - Second edition. - xvii, 268 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Letters of the law -- Punctuation -- Word Choice -- Grammar and syntax Fundamental principles of legal writing -- Some matters of form -- Words and expressions confused and misused -- Rhetorical figures in law -- Comparison -- Syntactic arrangement -- Repetition -- Approach to legal style -- Being yourself -- Exposition and argument -- Speaking legally -- Expressive tactics -- Parting word. ch. 1 The ch. 2 ch. 3 ch. 4 ch. 5 ch. 6 ch. 7 An ch. 8
"Since the first edition was published in 1991, The Elements of Legal Style has established itself as the authoritative guide on all the major issues of writing style in law. Now its coverage has been expanded in this new edition, which features additional sections, many more examples, and a thoroughly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style what it is and how to attain it. Inspired by Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, this book clearly (often wittily) explains the full range of what legal writers need to know: mechanics, word choice, structure, and rhetoric, as well as all the special conventions that legal writers should follow in using headings, defined terms, quotations, and many other devices. The Elements of Legal Style, 2nd Edition is written for lawyers, law students, judges, and their law clerks--and for anyone who writes in and about the law. With broad experience as a practitioner, academic, and writing consultant, Bryan Garner knows firsthand where legal writing so often goes wrong, and he pays particular attention to these trouble spots."--Publisher description.
0195141628 9780195141627
2001055476
Legal composition
Law--Language.--United States
Law--Methodology.--United States
KF250 / .G37 2002
808.06634
The elements of legal style / Bryan A. Garner. - Second edition. - xvii, 268 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Letters of the law -- Punctuation -- Word Choice -- Grammar and syntax Fundamental principles of legal writing -- Some matters of form -- Words and expressions confused and misused -- Rhetorical figures in law -- Comparison -- Syntactic arrangement -- Repetition -- Approach to legal style -- Being yourself -- Exposition and argument -- Speaking legally -- Expressive tactics -- Parting word. ch. 1 The ch. 2 ch. 3 ch. 4 ch. 5 ch. 6 ch. 7 An ch. 8
"Since the first edition was published in 1991, The Elements of Legal Style has established itself as the authoritative guide on all the major issues of writing style in law. Now its coverage has been expanded in this new edition, which features additional sections, many more examples, and a thoroughly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style what it is and how to attain it. Inspired by Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, this book clearly (often wittily) explains the full range of what legal writers need to know: mechanics, word choice, structure, and rhetoric, as well as all the special conventions that legal writers should follow in using headings, defined terms, quotations, and many other devices. The Elements of Legal Style, 2nd Edition is written for lawyers, law students, judges, and their law clerks--and for anyone who writes in and about the law. With broad experience as a practitioner, academic, and writing consultant, Bryan Garner knows firsthand where legal writing so often goes wrong, and he pays particular attention to these trouble spots."--Publisher description.
0195141628 9780195141627
2001055476
Legal composition
Law--Language.--United States
Law--Methodology.--United States
KF250 / .G37 2002
808.06634