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    <title>Legal writing in a nutshell</title>
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    <title>Legal writing</title>
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    <namePart>Bahrych, Lynn.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>West</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2009</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2009</dateIssued>
    <edition>4th ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxiv, 359 p. 19 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Basic principles of legal writing -- Large-scale organization -- Small-scale organization: paragraphs, paragraph blocks, and transitions -- Sentence design -- Language in the legal setting -- Punctuation and grammar -- Individual writing analysis -- Research memoranda and letters to clients -- Argumentative memoranda and persuasive writing -- Writing for a lay audience.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Lynn Bahrych.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Legal composition</topic>
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    <topic>Law</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Language</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">KF250 .B34 2009</classification>
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      <title>Nutshell series</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780314906915</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">0314906916</identifier>
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