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Construir el caso : el arte de la jurisprudencia / / Paul W. Kahn ; Daniel Bonilla Maldonado, traducción e introducción
Construir el caso : el arte de la jurisprudencia / / Paul W. Kahn ; Daniel Bonilla Maldonado, traducción e introducción
Autore Kahn Paul W. <1952->
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Bogotá] : , : Siglo del Hombre Editores : , : Universidad de los Andes
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource
Disciplina 347.7314
Altri autori (Persone) KahnPaul W. <1952->
Collana Biblioteca universitaria. Ciencias sociales y humanidades. Filosofía política y del derecho
Soggetto topico Judicial opinions - United States
Judicial process - United States
Legal composition
ISBN 958-665-441-9
958-665-440-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione spa
Record Nr. UNINA-9910672274603321
Kahn Paul W. <1952->  
[Bogotá] : , : Siglo del Hombre Editores : , : Universidad de los Andes
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Contract Drafting : Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice / / Lenne Eidson Espenschied
Contract Drafting : Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice / / Lenne Eidson Espenschied
Autore Espenschied Lenné Eidson
Edizione [Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , [2019]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (373 pages)
Disciplina 808.066346
Soggetto topico Contracts - United States - Language
Legal composition
ISBN 1-64105-333-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Preface to 2nd Edition -- Preface to 3rd Edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Contract Drafting -- Introduction -- What Is Drafting? -- What Does a Transactional Lawyer Do? -- Exercise -- Focus of this Treatise -- 1.1 Understand Key Differences between Contract Drafting and Legal Writing. -- 1.2 Define the Characteristics of Excellent Drafting. -- Exercise 1.2 -- 1.3 Attend to Appearance. -- Case Study -- Chapter 2: Drafting in Transactional Practice -- 2.1 Explore the Status Quo of Drafting in the Legal Profession. -- Limitations of Law School Training -- The Benchmark of Subject Mastery -- 2.2 Barriers to Improvement. -- 2.3 The Strong Arm for Improvement. -- 2.4 Realize Potential Costs of Deficient Drafting. -- 2.5 Ethical Issues in Drafting. -- What Is "Competence" with Respect to Drafting a Contract? -- What Does an Incompetently Drafted Contract Look Like? -- An Incredibly Low Standard -- 2.6 Cultivate Personal Branding. -- Chapter 3: Avoid Ambiguity -- 3.1 Strive for Clarity -- Avoid Ambiguity. -- "Clarity," "Ambiguity," and "Vagueness" -- What Happens When Courts Encounter Ambiguity in Contracts? -- Who Knew What, and When? -- 3.2 Types of Ambiguity. -- Semantic Ambiguity -- o Patently ambiguous words -- o Latently ambiguous words -- o Usage issues -- Syntactic Ambiguity -- o Poorly organized sentences -- o Squinting modifiers -- o Misplaced modifiers -- o Dangling modifiers -- o Uncertain pronoun references -- o Prepositional phrases -- o Conjunctions -- o Only -- Contextual Ambiguity -- Exercise 3.2 -- 3.3 Balance Competence and Vagueness. -- 3.4 How Grammar Errors Cause Ambiguity. -- 3.5 Consider Canons of Construction. -- Be Aware of Canons but Do Not Take Shortcuts -- o No excess words.
o Noscitur a sociis -- o Ejusdem generis -- o Expressio unius est exclusio alterius -- o Contra proferentem -- o Reddendo singula singulis -- o Ut magis valeat quam pereat -- o In pari materia -- Chapter 4: Focus on Words -- 4.1 Prefer Simple Words. -- How to Draft in Plain English -- Exercise 4.1 -- 4.2 Avoid Archaic Customs. -- 4.3 Use Words Consistently. -- Best Efforts/Reasonable Efforts/Commercially Reasonable Efforts -- 4.4 Use "Shall" Consistently. -- The Great Debate -- Exercise 4.4 -- 4.5 Avoid These Words in Contracts. -- Ambiguous Words -- o And/or: The Janus-Faced monstrosity -- o Provisos -- o Herein -- o Notwithstanding -- Legalese -- o Here-, there-, and where- words -- o Such, said, and same -- o Foreign phrases -- 4.6 Use Defined Terms Correctly. -- Errors with Integrated Definitions -- Complete or Incomplete? -- When and How to Use a Glossary -- Are Articles Required? -- Case Study 4.6A -- Case Study 4.6B -- 4.7 Use "That" or "Which" Correctly. -- Exercise 4.7 -- Chapter 5: Focus on Sentence Structure -- 5.1 Choose Correct Language for the Intended Consequence. -- Duty -- Negating a Duty -- A Negative Obligation -- Indirect Duty -- Right -- Negating a Right -- Privilege -- Negating a Privilege -- Present Action -- Policy -- Condition -- 5.2 Shorten Average Sentence Length. -- Assess Readability -- Readability Statutes -- Case Study 5A -- 5.3 Eliminate Clutter and Redundant Language. -- Get to the Point -- Eliminate Repetitive Phrases of Agreement or Understanding -- Eliminate Unnecessary Strings of Words -- Eliminate Common Doublets and Triplets -- Exercise 5.3 -- 5.4 Draft Performance Provisions in Active Voice. -- Use Active Voice in Performance Provisions -- Passive Voice in Miscellaneous Provisions -- Passive Voice in Representations and Warranties.
Passive Voice in Uncertainty -- "There is," "There are," or, Even Worse, "There shall be" -- Exercise 5.4 -- 5.5 Convert Hidden Verbs. -- Exercise 5.5 -- 5.6 Structure Sentences Logically. -- Case Study 5B -- Case Study 5B, Revised -- 5.7 Draft in Parallel Structure. -- 5.8 Use Tabulations to Eliminate Ambiguity. -- Exercise 5.8A -- Exercise 5.8B -- Case Study 5C -- Case Study 5C, Revised -- Case Study 5D -- Case Study 5D, Revised -- 5.9 Avoid Ambiguous Phrasing. -- Between . . . and . . . -- After . . . before -- From . . . to -- Until -- By -- Starting -- Through -- Within -- 5.10 Do Not Reinvent the Cube. -- Chapter 6: Context and Contextual Ambiguity -- 6.1 The Legal Context of Contract Drafting. -- 6.2 Outside Influences that Affect a Contract. -- UCC and other Gap Fillers -- Required Disclosures -- Enforceability Issues -- 6.3 Third-Party Contracts. -- 6.4 Improve Organization. -- How to Organize the Contract -- Use a Simple Numbering System -- Case Study 6.4 -- 6.5 Integrate Inserts. -- 6.6 Keep Related Contracts Consistent. -- Chapter 7: Components of a Contract -- 7.1 Select the Contract Format. -- 7.2 Identify the Parts of a Contract. -- Name or Title of the Contract -- Introduction -- Statement of Purpose -- Statement of Agreement -- Definitions -- Performance Provisions -- Miscellaneous Provisions -- Signature Blocks -- Schedules and Exhibits -- 7.3 Avoid Consideration Recitals. -- 7.4 Understand the Effects of Seal. -- 7.5 Conform E-Sign. -- 7.6 Link Schedules and Exhibits. -- 7.7 Be Wary with Virtual Attachments. -- 7.8 Differentiate Point of View in Contract Drafting. -- 7.9 Draft Gender Free. -- Grammatically Correct Methods for Eliminating Gender Pronouns -- o Plural nouns -- o Second person -- o Articles -- o Repeat the noun -- o Omit It? -- o Indefinite pronouns.
o Zoom out -- Chapter 8: Understand the Transaction -- Allocate Risk -- 8.1 Understand the Proposed Transaction. -- 8.2 Understand the Audience. -- Exercise 8.2 -- 8.3 Gather Data Effectively. -- Who -- What -- When -- Where -- Why -- How -- How Much -- Exercise 8.3 -- 8.4 Understand Whether Provisions Are Required, Essential, Strongly Recommended, or Optional. -- Required -- Essential -- Strongly Recommended -- Optional -- Exercise 8.4 -- 8.5 Start with Provisions that Favor Your Client. -- 8.6 Draft to Allocate Risk. -- Case Studies -- 8.7 Identify the Range of Risk. -- Exercise 8.7 -- 8.8 Understand Risk in Key Performance Provisions. -- Scope -- Representations and Warranties -- Express Warranties, Limited Warranties, and Disclaimers -- o Express warranties -- o Warranty of merchantability -- o Warranty of fitness for particular purpose -- o The limited warranty paradox -- o Exclusion v. disclaimer -- Limitations of Liability -- o Tort claims -- o Breach of contract claims -- Liquidated Damage Clauses -- Term and Termination Provisions -- 8.9 Track Money and Alternative Outcomes. -- Exercise 8.9 -- 8.10 Be Accountable. -- Notwithstanding Anything to the Contrary -- Except as the Context Otherwise Requires -- For the Avoidance of Doubt -- The Headings and Captions in this Agreement Are for Convenience Only . . . -- Hereinafter Referred to as "Company," "ABC," or "Atlas" -- Chapter 9: Focus on Indemnification Provisions -- 9.1 How Indemnification Is Used. -- 9.2 Types of Indemnification. -- Unilateral -- Reciprocal -- Exculpatory -- Partial -- Financial -- Direct -- 9.3 The Hold Harmless Conundrum. -- 9.4 Consider Plausible Authorities. -- The Status Quo Among the Bar -- Treatise Authorities -- The Case Law -- Delaware Cases.
Majkowski v. American Imaging Management Services, LLC -- Majkowski's Progeny -- Cases from Other Jurisdictions -- o Third Circuit Court of Appeals: Travelers Indemnity v. Dammann -- o Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Contract Management -- o California: Queen Villas HOA v. TCB -- o Minnesota - Johnson v. Johnson, (Minn. App. 9/25/17) -- o Florida Cases -- o Other Jurisdictions -- The Mother May I? Case -- Other Interpretations of "Hold Harmless" -- 9.5 Recommendations Regarding "Hold Harmless." -- 9.6 Defense Is a Variable. -- 9.7 Drafting an Indemnification Provision. -- Break Down the Components -- Arrange the Components in Order -- Tweak the Components as Necessary for this Transaction -- o Who is providing the indemnification? -- o What protection is provided? -- o Who is receiving the indemnification? -- o What is indemnified against? -- o How does the indemnification attach? -- o What is carved out or forced in? -- o What are the additional requirements? -- 9.8 Consider Secondary Concepts. -- 9.9 Special Indemnification Issues in M& -- A Transactions. -- Indemnity Escrow Agreements -- Thresholds and "Baskets" -- Materiality Scrapes -- Indemnification Caps -- 9.10 Determine if R& -- W Insurance Is Appropriate. -- 9.11 Force Structure in the Indemnification Section. -- Exercise 9.11 -- Chapter 10: Focus on Earnout Provisions -- 10.1 How Earnout Provisions Are Used. -- 10.2 Review and Consider Recent Earnout Cases. -- Lazard v. QinetiQ -- SRS v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. -- SRS v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals -- GreenStar IH Rep, LLC v. Tutor Perini Corp -- 10.3 Apply Practical Guidance. -- 10.4 Drafting Tips. -- Chapter 11: Understand Miscellaneous Provisions -- 11.1 What Is "Boilerplate" in a Contract? -- 11.2 Understand the Effects of Key Miscellaneous Provisions.
Integration/Entire Agreement/Merger Clause.
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Espenschied Lenné Eidson  
Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , [2019]
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Contract Drafting : Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice / / Lenne Eidson Espenschied
Contract Drafting : Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice / / Lenne Eidson Espenschied
Autore Espenschied Lenné Eidson
Edizione [Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , [2019]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (373 pages)
Disciplina 808.066346
Soggetto topico Contracts - United States - Language
Legal composition
ISBN 1-64105-333-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Preface to 2nd Edition -- Preface to 3rd Edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Contract Drafting -- Introduction -- What Is Drafting? -- What Does a Transactional Lawyer Do? -- Exercise -- Focus of this Treatise -- 1.1 Understand Key Differences between Contract Drafting and Legal Writing. -- 1.2 Define the Characteristics of Excellent Drafting. -- Exercise 1.2 -- 1.3 Attend to Appearance. -- Case Study -- Chapter 2: Drafting in Transactional Practice -- 2.1 Explore the Status Quo of Drafting in the Legal Profession. -- Limitations of Law School Training -- The Benchmark of Subject Mastery -- 2.2 Barriers to Improvement. -- 2.3 The Strong Arm for Improvement. -- 2.4 Realize Potential Costs of Deficient Drafting. -- 2.5 Ethical Issues in Drafting. -- What Is "Competence" with Respect to Drafting a Contract? -- What Does an Incompetently Drafted Contract Look Like? -- An Incredibly Low Standard -- 2.6 Cultivate Personal Branding. -- Chapter 3: Avoid Ambiguity -- 3.1 Strive for Clarity -- Avoid Ambiguity. -- "Clarity," "Ambiguity," and "Vagueness" -- What Happens When Courts Encounter Ambiguity in Contracts? -- Who Knew What, and When? -- 3.2 Types of Ambiguity. -- Semantic Ambiguity -- o Patently ambiguous words -- o Latently ambiguous words -- o Usage issues -- Syntactic Ambiguity -- o Poorly organized sentences -- o Squinting modifiers -- o Misplaced modifiers -- o Dangling modifiers -- o Uncertain pronoun references -- o Prepositional phrases -- o Conjunctions -- o Only -- Contextual Ambiguity -- Exercise 3.2 -- 3.3 Balance Competence and Vagueness. -- 3.4 How Grammar Errors Cause Ambiguity. -- 3.5 Consider Canons of Construction. -- Be Aware of Canons but Do Not Take Shortcuts -- o No excess words.
o Noscitur a sociis -- o Ejusdem generis -- o Expressio unius est exclusio alterius -- o Contra proferentem -- o Reddendo singula singulis -- o Ut magis valeat quam pereat -- o In pari materia -- Chapter 4: Focus on Words -- 4.1 Prefer Simple Words. -- How to Draft in Plain English -- Exercise 4.1 -- 4.2 Avoid Archaic Customs. -- 4.3 Use Words Consistently. -- Best Efforts/Reasonable Efforts/Commercially Reasonable Efforts -- 4.4 Use "Shall" Consistently. -- The Great Debate -- Exercise 4.4 -- 4.5 Avoid These Words in Contracts. -- Ambiguous Words -- o And/or: The Janus-Faced monstrosity -- o Provisos -- o Herein -- o Notwithstanding -- Legalese -- o Here-, there-, and where- words -- o Such, said, and same -- o Foreign phrases -- 4.6 Use Defined Terms Correctly. -- Errors with Integrated Definitions -- Complete or Incomplete? -- When and How to Use a Glossary -- Are Articles Required? -- Case Study 4.6A -- Case Study 4.6B -- 4.7 Use "That" or "Which" Correctly. -- Exercise 4.7 -- Chapter 5: Focus on Sentence Structure -- 5.1 Choose Correct Language for the Intended Consequence. -- Duty -- Negating a Duty -- A Negative Obligation -- Indirect Duty -- Right -- Negating a Right -- Privilege -- Negating a Privilege -- Present Action -- Policy -- Condition -- 5.2 Shorten Average Sentence Length. -- Assess Readability -- Readability Statutes -- Case Study 5A -- 5.3 Eliminate Clutter and Redundant Language. -- Get to the Point -- Eliminate Repetitive Phrases of Agreement or Understanding -- Eliminate Unnecessary Strings of Words -- Eliminate Common Doublets and Triplets -- Exercise 5.3 -- 5.4 Draft Performance Provisions in Active Voice. -- Use Active Voice in Performance Provisions -- Passive Voice in Miscellaneous Provisions -- Passive Voice in Representations and Warranties.
Passive Voice in Uncertainty -- "There is," "There are," or, Even Worse, "There shall be" -- Exercise 5.4 -- 5.5 Convert Hidden Verbs. -- Exercise 5.5 -- 5.6 Structure Sentences Logically. -- Case Study 5B -- Case Study 5B, Revised -- 5.7 Draft in Parallel Structure. -- 5.8 Use Tabulations to Eliminate Ambiguity. -- Exercise 5.8A -- Exercise 5.8B -- Case Study 5C -- Case Study 5C, Revised -- Case Study 5D -- Case Study 5D, Revised -- 5.9 Avoid Ambiguous Phrasing. -- Between . . . and . . . -- After . . . before -- From . . . to -- Until -- By -- Starting -- Through -- Within -- 5.10 Do Not Reinvent the Cube. -- Chapter 6: Context and Contextual Ambiguity -- 6.1 The Legal Context of Contract Drafting. -- 6.2 Outside Influences that Affect a Contract. -- UCC and other Gap Fillers -- Required Disclosures -- Enforceability Issues -- 6.3 Third-Party Contracts. -- 6.4 Improve Organization. -- How to Organize the Contract -- Use a Simple Numbering System -- Case Study 6.4 -- 6.5 Integrate Inserts. -- 6.6 Keep Related Contracts Consistent. -- Chapter 7: Components of a Contract -- 7.1 Select the Contract Format. -- 7.2 Identify the Parts of a Contract. -- Name or Title of the Contract -- Introduction -- Statement of Purpose -- Statement of Agreement -- Definitions -- Performance Provisions -- Miscellaneous Provisions -- Signature Blocks -- Schedules and Exhibits -- 7.3 Avoid Consideration Recitals. -- 7.4 Understand the Effects of Seal. -- 7.5 Conform E-Sign. -- 7.6 Link Schedules and Exhibits. -- 7.7 Be Wary with Virtual Attachments. -- 7.8 Differentiate Point of View in Contract Drafting. -- 7.9 Draft Gender Free. -- Grammatically Correct Methods for Eliminating Gender Pronouns -- o Plural nouns -- o Second person -- o Articles -- o Repeat the noun -- o Omit It? -- o Indefinite pronouns.
o Zoom out -- Chapter 8: Understand the Transaction -- Allocate Risk -- 8.1 Understand the Proposed Transaction. -- 8.2 Understand the Audience. -- Exercise 8.2 -- 8.3 Gather Data Effectively. -- Who -- What -- When -- Where -- Why -- How -- How Much -- Exercise 8.3 -- 8.4 Understand Whether Provisions Are Required, Essential, Strongly Recommended, or Optional. -- Required -- Essential -- Strongly Recommended -- Optional -- Exercise 8.4 -- 8.5 Start with Provisions that Favor Your Client. -- 8.6 Draft to Allocate Risk. -- Case Studies -- 8.7 Identify the Range of Risk. -- Exercise 8.7 -- 8.8 Understand Risk in Key Performance Provisions. -- Scope -- Representations and Warranties -- Express Warranties, Limited Warranties, and Disclaimers -- o Express warranties -- o Warranty of merchantability -- o Warranty of fitness for particular purpose -- o The limited warranty paradox -- o Exclusion v. disclaimer -- Limitations of Liability -- o Tort claims -- o Breach of contract claims -- Liquidated Damage Clauses -- Term and Termination Provisions -- 8.9 Track Money and Alternative Outcomes. -- Exercise 8.9 -- 8.10 Be Accountable. -- Notwithstanding Anything to the Contrary -- Except as the Context Otherwise Requires -- For the Avoidance of Doubt -- The Headings and Captions in this Agreement Are for Convenience Only . . . -- Hereinafter Referred to as "Company," "ABC," or "Atlas" -- Chapter 9: Focus on Indemnification Provisions -- 9.1 How Indemnification Is Used. -- 9.2 Types of Indemnification. -- Unilateral -- Reciprocal -- Exculpatory -- Partial -- Financial -- Direct -- 9.3 The Hold Harmless Conundrum. -- 9.4 Consider Plausible Authorities. -- The Status Quo Among the Bar -- Treatise Authorities -- The Case Law -- Delaware Cases.
Majkowski v. American Imaging Management Services, LLC -- Majkowski's Progeny -- Cases from Other Jurisdictions -- o Third Circuit Court of Appeals: Travelers Indemnity v. Dammann -- o Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Contract Management -- o California: Queen Villas HOA v. TCB -- o Minnesota - Johnson v. Johnson, (Minn. App. 9/25/17) -- o Florida Cases -- o Other Jurisdictions -- The Mother May I? Case -- Other Interpretations of "Hold Harmless" -- 9.5 Recommendations Regarding "Hold Harmless." -- 9.6 Defense Is a Variable. -- 9.7 Drafting an Indemnification Provision. -- Break Down the Components -- Arrange the Components in Order -- Tweak the Components as Necessary for this Transaction -- o Who is providing the indemnification? -- o What protection is provided? -- o Who is receiving the indemnification? -- o What is indemnified against? -- o How does the indemnification attach? -- o What is carved out or forced in? -- o What are the additional requirements? -- 9.8 Consider Secondary Concepts. -- 9.9 Special Indemnification Issues in M& -- A Transactions. -- Indemnity Escrow Agreements -- Thresholds and "Baskets" -- Materiality Scrapes -- Indemnification Caps -- 9.10 Determine if R& -- W Insurance Is Appropriate. -- 9.11 Force Structure in the Indemnification Section. -- Exercise 9.11 -- Chapter 10: Focus on Earnout Provisions -- 10.1 How Earnout Provisions Are Used. -- 10.2 Review and Consider Recent Earnout Cases. -- Lazard v. QinetiQ -- SRS v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. -- SRS v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals -- GreenStar IH Rep, LLC v. Tutor Perini Corp -- 10.3 Apply Practical Guidance. -- 10.4 Drafting Tips. -- Chapter 11: Understand Miscellaneous Provisions -- 11.1 What Is "Boilerplate" in a Contract? -- 11.2 Understand the Effects of Key Miscellaneous Provisions.
Integration/Entire Agreement/Merger Clause.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816302103321
Espenschied Lenné Eidson  
Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , [2019]
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Expert legal writing / / Terri LeClercq ; foreword by Thomas R. Phillips
Expert legal writing / / Terri LeClercq ; foreword by Thomas R. Phillips
Autore LeClercq Terri <1946->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Austin, : University of Texas Press, 1995
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) : illustrations
Soggetto topico Legal composition
Law - United States - Language
ISBN 0-292-79264-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910466448703321
LeClercq Terri <1946->  
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 1995
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Expert legal writing [[electronic resource]]
Expert legal writing [[electronic resource]]
Autore LeClercq Terri <1946->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Austin, : University of Texas Press, c1995
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 808/.06634
Soggetto topico Legal composition
Law - United States - Language
ISBN 0-292-79264-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910792903003321
LeClercq Terri <1946->  
Austin, : University of Texas Press, c1995
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Expert legal writing [[electronic resource]]
Expert legal writing [[electronic resource]]
Autore LeClercq Terri <1946->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Austin, : University of Texas Press, c1995
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 808/.06634
Soggetto topico Legal composition
Law - United States - Language
ISBN 0-292-79264-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION Getting and Keeping a Competitive Edge -- WRITING LIKE A LAWYER -- WRITINGÌS A TOUCHY SUBJECT -- FOCUS ON DENSITY -- ATTORNEYS AND WRITER'S BLOCK -- MIN(D)ING THE FIELD Appellate Judges Speak Out -- MANIPULATING LEGAL SENTENCES First Aid -- THE LONG SENTENCE -- LEFT-HANDED SENTENCES -- MARSHMALLOW CONSTRUCTIONS -- CASES AND CITATIONS WITHIN THE TEXT -- COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION Defining Relationships -- EXAMINING OTHER PROFESSIONAL PROSE -- EMULATING THE PRO'S PROSE Stylistic Consciousness -- DELIBERATE SENTENCE STRUCTURE -- BEWARE OF AMBIGUOUS MODIFIERS -- MANIPULATING LEGAL ORGANIZATION Structure Is Meaning -- ORGANIZATION AND THE DEDUCTIVE THRUST -- QUICK TRICKS FOR ORGANIZATION -- MANIPULATING WORDS Bigger Isn't Better -- JARGON Manure, Margarine, and Moderation -- BOILERPLATE Empty Formalisms -- GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE -- THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT -- PUNCTUATING FOR CLARITY The Poetry of Punctuation -- ALLOWING COMMAS TO CREATE MEANING -- SENTENCE PUNCTUATION GUIDE -- ÏQUOTATION MARKS?" She Queried- or, The Arbitrary Rules Surrounding Quotation Marks -- THAT SOPHISTICATED SEMICOLON -- COMPOUND ADJECTIVES AND NOUN STRINGS -- ADVICE AND REFERENCES So Go Be an Expert -- TESTING YOUR BASICS -- GRAMMAR RULES VERSUS SUGGESTIONS -- ADVICE TO PARTNERS ABOUT ADVICE -- REFERENCE BOOKS FOR LEGAL WRITERS -- INDEX.
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LeClercq Terri <1946->  
Austin, : University of Texas Press, c1995
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The first part of symboleographie [[electronic resource] ] : which may be termed the art, or description, of instruments and presidents / / first collected by VVilliam VVest ... ; and since augmented with divers new presidents not formerly printed
The first part of symboleographie [[electronic resource] ] : which may be termed the art, or description, of instruments and presidents / / first collected by VVilliam VVest ... ; and since augmented with divers new presidents not formerly printed
Autore West William <fl. 1568-1594.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Printed by Miles Flesher, 1647
Descrizione fisica ca. 622 p
Soggetto topico Legal composition
Conveyancing
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain
Forms (Law) - Great Britain
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISA-996396054903316
West William <fl. 1568-1594.>  
London, : Printed by Miles Flesher, 1647
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The Generall tutor, or, The exact clerk [[electronic resource] ] : and scriveners daily exercise being a compendium, of all manner of presidents and draughts that are now in use : for all manner of bills obligatory, conditions, clauses, and proviso's, with all manner of annuities, assignments, letters of atturny, revocations, grants, releases, trusts, warrants, mittimus's, and other things of great use : composed for the benefit of all, but such gentlemen and others especially, who are desirous to attain to the practice of clerks, scriveners or atturneys
The Generall tutor, or, The exact clerk [[electronic resource] ] : and scriveners daily exercise being a compendium, of all manner of presidents and draughts that are now in use : for all manner of bills obligatory, conditions, clauses, and proviso's, with all manner of annuities, assignments, letters of atturny, revocations, grants, releases, trusts, warrants, mittimus's, and other things of great use : composed for the benefit of all, but such gentlemen and others especially, who are desirous to attain to the practice of clerks, scriveners or atturneys
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Printed by T. Lock, 1659
Descrizione fisica 224 p
Soggetto topico Legal composition
Legal instruments - England
Scriveners (Law) - England
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISA-996386844803316
London, : Printed by T. Lock, 1659
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Gewone taal : n oorsig / / Eleanor Cornelius
Gewone taal : n oorsig / / Eleanor Cornelius
Autore Cornelius Eleanor
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified] : , : Sun Press, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (357 pages)
Disciplina 808.06634
Soggetto topico Legal composition
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-928480-61-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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Cornelius Eleanor  
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Gewone taal : n oorsig / / Eleanor Cornelius
Gewone taal : n oorsig / / Eleanor Cornelius
Autore Cornelius Eleanor
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified] : , : Sun Press, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (357 pages)
Disciplina 808.06634
Soggetto topico Legal composition
ISBN 1-928480-61-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910794347603321
Cornelius Eleanor  
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