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Espenschied, Lenné Eidson.

Contract drafting powerful prose in transactional practice Lenné Eidson Espenschied. - [Chicago] American Bar Association c2010. - xvii, 311, p. ill., forms 23 cm. - ABA fundamentals . - ABA fundamentals .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to legal drafting -- Drafting in transactional practice -- Draft to fit the transaction -- Components of a contract -- Understand the transaction -- Avoid ambiguity -- Focus on word selection -- Use words consistently -- Focus on sentence structure -- Identify common sources of syntactic ambiguity -- Start from a winning position -- Eliminate contextual ambiguity -- Consider these issues -- Edit or review effectively.

ISBN: 9781604427950 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1604427957 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010003298

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Contracts--Language--United States
Legal composition

LC Class. No.: KF 807 / .E84 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 808/.06634