The elements of legal style /
Garner, Bryan A., 1958-
The elements of legal style / Bryan A. Garner. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - xviii, 236 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The letters of the law --
2. Fundamental rules of usage --
3. Fundamental principles of legal writing --
4. Some matters of form --
5. Words and expressions confused and misused --
6. Rhetorical figures in law --
7. An approach to legal style.
"The Elements of Legal Style" offers authoritative, down-to-earth and often witty advice on a broad array of writing concerns, from basic grammatical rules to enhancing clarity, force, and persuasiveness. It is written for lawyers, law students, judges, and law clerks. Throughout the book the author draws on splendid and not-so-splendid examples of legal prose to illustrate his points, quoting such eminences as Justice Holmes, Clarence Darrow, William Prosser, Fred Rodell, Ronald Dworkin, Laurence H. Tribe, and Justice Scalia.
9780195058604
Derecho
Metodología--Lenguaje --Estados Unidos
Law--Methodology.--United States
KF 250 / G234e 1991
808/.06634
The elements of legal style / Bryan A. Garner. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - xviii, 236 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The letters of the law --
2. Fundamental rules of usage --
3. Fundamental principles of legal writing --
4. Some matters of form --
5. Words and expressions confused and misused --
6. Rhetorical figures in law --
7. An approach to legal style.
"The Elements of Legal Style" offers authoritative, down-to-earth and often witty advice on a broad array of writing concerns, from basic grammatical rules to enhancing clarity, force, and persuasiveness. It is written for lawyers, law students, judges, and law clerks. Throughout the book the author draws on splendid and not-so-splendid examples of legal prose to illustrate his points, quoting such eminences as Justice Holmes, Clarence Darrow, William Prosser, Fred Rodell, Ronald Dworkin, Laurence H. Tribe, and Justice Scalia.
9780195058604
Derecho
Metodología--Lenguaje --Estados Unidos
Law--Methodology.--United States
KF 250 / G234e 1991
808/.06634