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Expert Legal Writing.
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION Getting and Keeping a Competitive Edge; WRITING LIKE A LAWYER; WRITINGÌS A TOUCHY SUBJECT; FOCUS ON DENSITY; ATTORNEYS AND WRITER'S BLOCK; MIN(D)ING THE FIELD Appellate Judges Speak Out; MANIPULATING LEGAL SENTENCES First Aid; THE LONG SENTENCE; LEFT-HANDED SENTENCES; MARSHMALLOW CONSTRUCTIONS; CASES AND CITATIONS WITHIN THE TEXT; COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION Defining Relationships; EXAMINING OTHER PROFESSIONAL PROSE; EMULATING THE PRO'S PROSE Stylistic Consciousness; DELIBERATE SENTENCE STRUCTURE; BEWARE OF AMBIGUOUS MODIFIERS.
- MANIPULATING LEGAL ORGANIZATION Structure Is MeaningORGANIZATION AND THE DEDUCTIVE THRUST; QUICK TRICKS FOR ORGANIZATION; MANIPULATING WORDS Bigger Isn't Better; JARGON Manure, Margarine, and Moderation; BOILERPLATE Empty Formalisms; GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE; THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT; PUNCTUATING FOR CLARITY The Poetry of Punctuation; ALLOWING COMMAS TO CREATE MEANING; SENTENCE PUNCTUATION GUIDE; ÏQUOTATION MARKS?" She Queried- or, The Arbitrary Rules Surrounding Quotation Marks; THAT SOPHISTICATED SEMICOLON; COMPOUND ADJECTIVES AND NOUN STRINGS; ADVICE AND REFERENCES So Go Be an Expert.
- Testing your basicsgrammar rules versus suggestions; advice to partners about advice; reference books for legal writers; index.