The Elements of Legal Writing: A Guide to the Principles of Writing Clear, Concise, and Persuasive Legal Documents

By W.A.V. Clark and P. L. Hosking

Book Overview

Filled with before-and-after examples and illustrations from the legal world, here's a quick reference for lawyers, paralegals, law students, or anyone in the legal profession. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028608399
• ISBN13: 9780028608396
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

I recommed it to my students

I am a law professor and this is the one book about legal writing I recommend to my students. However, please note that this book is not a textbook. There are better textbooks to teach [and learn] analytical thinking, persuasive writing and legal research. What this book provides is a great quick reference guide to some of the most common problems in writing in general and legal writing in particular. The book is well organized...

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THE ELEMENTS OF LEGAL WRITING nowadays are clear, simple everyday language avoiding lawyerisms and following standard grammar and word order. Computer and word processing graphic design and typeface breakthroughs make how documents look important: text in attractively manageable chunks, such as paragraphs each generally running no longer than about 1/4-1/2 of the page, and with descriptive headings, footnotes and transitions...