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The elements of legal style / Bryan A. Garner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 268 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780195141627 (hbk.) :
  • 9780195141627
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.06634 GAR
LOC classification:
  • KF250 .G37 2002
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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