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Style guides for legal writing are rare — this book fills that gap. It explores all aspects of legal usage. The purpose is to encourage a modern legal style that is clear, concise, elegant, reader-friendly and legally effective. The book is organised alphabetically by word, phrase and subject matter, with extensive cross-referencing to related topics. The author cites hundreds of usage examples from leading judges in common law jurisdictions. He offers simple plain-language alternatives for numerous technical terms and foreign-language phrases, with supporting examples from judgments and legal texts. This innovative and authoritative guide is an essential reference for lawyers, legislative drafters, decision-makers, students, in-house counsel, and anyone charged with preparing effective legal material. Topics include: organising material logically adding impact to sentences writing in ways that are gender-neutral and idiomatic minimising ambiguity using provisos and recitals breaking complex material into digestible chunks paragraphing effectively punctuating properly managing definitions handling principles of interpretation eliminating prolixity creating effective hea

Who reads Legal Usage : a Modern Style Guide?

Author

Peter Butt

Publisher

LexisNexis Butterworths

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780409341478

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law, Legal Reference