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Preparing legal documents nonlawyers can read and understand Wayne Schiess.
Detalles de publicación: Chicago, Ill. American Bar Association c2008.Descripción: xiv, 127 p. 23 cmISBN:- 9781590319642
- 1590319648
- 808/.06634 22
- KF 250 .S349 2008
Contenidos:
Forms and a plain-drafting process -- Designing plain legal documents -- Modern drafting conventions -- Organization and signposting -- Plain letters and email messages -- Advice for plain court documents -- Testing your plain drafts -- Words -- Sentences -- Using readability tests.
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Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:
This text teaches lawyers how to adjust their writing to accommodate the nonlegal audience. Improve legal writing for the lay audience as well as find examples of poor legal writing, common errors, why they should be fixed, and how to fix them. This book is ideal for practicing lawyers or law students who want their material to be understood and not ignored.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Forms and a plain-drafting process -- Designing plain legal documents -- Modern drafting conventions -- Organization and signposting -- Plain letters and email messages -- Advice for plain court documents -- Testing your plain drafts -- Words -- Sentences -- Using readability tests.
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- Introduction: The Audience for Plain Legal Writing(p. xi)
- Chapter 1 Forms and a Plain-Drafting Process(p. 1)
- Chapter 2 Designing Plain Legal Documents(p. 11)
- Chapter 3 Modern Drafting Conventions(p. 21)
- Chapter 4 Organization and Signposting(p. 33)
- Chapter 5 Plain Letters and Email Messages(p. 41)
- Chapter 6 Advice for Plain Court Documents(p. 49)
- Chapter 7 Testing Your Plain Drafts(p. 57)
- Chapter 8 Words(p. 61)
- Chapter 9 Sentences(p. 73)
- Chapter 10 Using Readability Tests(p. 87)
- Appendix A Before-and-After Texts(p. 95)
- Appendix B What Is Plain English?(p. 107)
- Index(p. 121)