Legal Writing

On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997977004Author President Lawprose Inc Bryan a GarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Rosepen BooksPublisher Rosepen BooksWeight(grams) 826g

With Point Made, legal writing expert, Ross Guberman, throws a life preserver to attorneys, who are under more pressure than ever to produce compelling prose. What is the strongest opening for a motion or brief? How to draft winning headings? How to tell...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951728113Author Matt RacineFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Eclectic Esquire Media, LLCPublisher Eclectic Esquire Media, LLCWeight(grams)...

The leading guide to clear writing-and clear thinking-in the legal profession for more than two decades, now newly updated. Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful-all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its...

Step-by-step guide to preparing your dissertation, written by an author with a clear understanding of the needs of law dissertation students Takes a practical approach to planning and preparing your dissertation, including case studies, tips and worked...

How to Write Law Essays and Exams provides law students with a practical and proven method of analysing and answering essay and exam questions. The book focuses on those questions that give students the most trouble, namely problem questions, but its...

Writing and Drafting in Legal Practice provides an up to date and comprehensive guide to writing and drafting - from the first stages of preparation to the final edit - for anyone starting out on a legal career. Unlike an English usage text or style...

Elegant Legal Writing helps attorneys elevate their writing from passable to polished. Drawing on ideas from cognitive science, stylistics, and litigation strategy, the book teaches practical techniques by example using fast-paced chapters. Readers will...

This primer on legal reasoning is aimed at law students and upper-level undergraduates. But it is also an original exposition of basic legal concepts that scholars and lawyers will find stimulating. It covers such topics as rules, precedent, authority,...

How can drafters of English law contracts use language to insulate their contracts from the risk of an embarrassing and expensive dispute? This book aims to answer that question. It helps drafters to be clear at every level: to reflect a logical...

Is it possible to win your case before arriving at court? The author, a practising barrister for over thirty years, believes a highly focused approach to your written advocacy - correspondence, written negotiation, Part 36 offers and skeleton arguments,...

In Point Taken, Ross Guberman delves into the work of the best judicial opinion-writers and offers a step-by-step method based on practical and provocative examples. Featuring numerous cases and opinions from 35 prolific judges - from Learned Hand to...

Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) was a powerful clergyman and the most influential political thinker of pre-Conquest England. An advocate for the rights and privileges of the Church, he authored the laws of King Aethelred and King Cnut in prose that...

Focusing on the argumentative, narrative, and descriptive style found in legal briefs and judicial opinions, The Elements of Legal Style (second edition) will be a thought provoking examination of effective argumentation in law.About the AuthorBryan A...

Law students rarely have experience answering problem questions before university, and lecturers concentrate on teaching content rather than the exam skills needed. This book bridges the gap on how to transpose knowledge and research into structured and...

Legal Writing guides students comprehensively through this vital legal skill and addresses a range of assessment methods from exam questions to final essays and problem answers. It considers how to deconstruct essay and problem questions and how to...

So you've arrived at university, you've read the course handbook and you're ready to learn the law. But is knowing the law enough to get you the very best marks? And what do your lecturers mean when they say you need to develop critical and analytical...

It its first two editions The Winning Brief explained the art of effective writing in 100 concise, practical, and easy-to-use tips, proving that the key to writing well is to understand the judicial readership. This third edition of Bryan A. Garner's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607854746Author Patrick BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Maize BooksPublisher Maize BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781531006990Author Richard C WydickImprint Carolina Academic Press LLCPublisher Carolina Academic Press LLC

In its ninth edition, Brief Writing and Oral Argument has been updated with a new section on legal writing and is revised throughout to integrate information on electronic legal research. Former Judge Edward D. Re and litigator Joseph Re lead the reader...

Legal Engish effectively communicates the language of law to students or to anyone learning the nuances of legal language in the United States. Professors Brostoff and Sinsheimer of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law guide the student through the...

European Law sets out the doctrines, principles and case law of the main areas of EU law, and where appropriate explores how they interact with national legal principles and tenets. This fifth edition has been fully revised to include recent developments...

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING, 4TH EDITION helps you analyze statutes and case law and draft legal memoranda. In addition to the fundamentals of good writing, legal or otherwise, the book illustrates how to analyze and brief cases, identify key facts and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781454836155Author Angela C AreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher Wolters KluwerWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780810114371Author Austin SaratFormat PaperbackPage Count 261Imprint Northwestern University PressPublisher Northwestern University PressWeight(grams)...

Each year the public, media, and government wait in anticipation for the Supreme Court to announce major decisions. These opinions have shaped legal policy in areas as important as healthcare, marriage, abortion, and immigration. It is not surprising...

Elegant Legal Writing helps attorneys elevate their writing from passable to polished. Drawing on ideas from cognitive science, stylistics, and litigation strategy, the book teaches practical techniques by example using fast-paced chapters. Readers will...

White extends his theory of law as constitutive rhetoric, asking how one may criticize the legal culture and the texts within it. "A fascinating study of the language of the law...This book is to be highly recommended: certainly, for those who find the...

This volume examines the linguistic problems that arise in efforts to translate between law and the social sciences. We usually think of "translation " as pertaining to situations involving distinct languages such as English and Swahili. But...

This volume examines the linguistic problems that arise in efforts to translate between law and the social sciences. We usually think of "translation" as pertaining to situations involving distinct languages such as English and Swahili. But...

Adopting a highly practical approach, Remedies is designed to help trainee barristers identify appropriate remedial relief for their clients, and calculate damages where necessary. Remedies fully prepares trainee barristers for practice with coverage...

In this critically acclaimed book, Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman demystify legal writing, outline the causes and consequences of poor writing, and prescribe easy-to-apply remedies to improve it. Reflecting changes in law practice over the past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307888716Author Steven D. StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592446902Author David MellinkoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock Publishers

What does the rule of law mean, in practical terms, for the way that legislation is prepared, drafted and presented? It is a cornerstone of the UK legal order and requires certain things from the legal system, such as that the law must be intelligible,...

This comprehensive guide covers every stage of organising and teaching a course in contract drafting. With extensive sample course materials, it offers useful tips for building nuance, creative thinking, and experiential learning into contract drafting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645253115Author Verity WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Checklist LegalPublisher Checklist LegalWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

Focusing on John Milton's Paradise Lost , this book investigates the metaphorical identification of nature with a court of law - an old and persistent trope, haunted by ancient aporias, at the intersection of jurisprudence, philosophy and literature. In...