TY - BOOK AU - Rose,William M. TI - Pleadings without tears: a guide to legal drafting under the civil procedure rules SN - 9780199280773 (alk. paper) AV - KD 7453 R797p 2007 U1 - 347.42 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press Inc. KW - Pleading KW - Great Britain KW - Legal composition N1 - 'New chapter on Skeleton Arguments' --cover; Pillars of understanding (general principles) -- Getting the show on the road (the claim) -- Making a fight of it (the defence and counterclaim) -- The right to reply (the reply) -- Don't answer back (rejoinder, etc.) -- Pray ; tell me (the request for further information) -- 'Just to let you know' (the answer to a request for further information) -- Come and join in (additional claims against third parties) -- Pieces of eight (the part 8 procedure) -- 'To tell you the truth' (affidavits and witness statements) -- Just a minute (minutes and agreed orders) -- Bones of contention (the skeleton argument) -- A matter of opinions (opinion writing) N2 - "The book takes a practical and insightful look at the subject of legal drafting. Rather than merely providing a series of precedents, the author sets out fundamental rules common to all good drafting, so that the reader will become more confident in approaching this often unnecessarily daunting subject. The book contains a wealth of practical examples and anecdotes and is illustrated throughout with cartoons."--BOOK JACKET UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034957.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2006034957-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2006034957-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034957.html ER -