The elements of legal style / Bryan A. Garner.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 268 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780195141627 (hbk.) :
- 9780195141627
- 808.06634 GAR
- KF250 .G37 2002
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Short Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 808.06634 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 205857 |
Previous ed.: 1991.
Text on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The letters of the law -- 2.Funamental rules of usage -- 3.Fundamental principles of legal writing -- 4.Some matters of form -- 5.Words and expressions confused and misused -- 6.Rhetorical figures in law -- 7.An approach to being yourself -- 8.A parting word.
Focusing on the argumentative, narrative and descriptive style found in legal briefs and judicial opinions, The Elements of Legal Style is a thought-provoking examination of effective compositional argumentation in law.