Legal Writing A Judge's Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bacharach, Robert E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: La Vergne : American Bar Association, 2022.
Temas:
Legal composition.
Law > United States > Language.
Rédaction juridique.
Droit > États-Unis > Langage.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Praise for Legal Writing: A Judge's Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • About the Author
  • Chapter One: Introductions
  • 1. Context
  • 2. Deciding Where to Begin
  • 3. Identifying the Issue
  • 4. Stating the Conclusion and Rationale
  • 5. Concision
  • 6. Identifying the Structure
  • Chapter Two: Organization
  • 1. Guiding Principles
  • 1.1 Using a Parallel Structure
  • 1.2 Using a Logical Sequence
  • 1.3 Developing Your Point before Responding to the Adversary
  • 2. Editing for Clarity
  • 3. Choosing the Sequence
  • 4. Making the Organization Explicit
  • Chapter Three: Headings
  • 1. Using Textual Headings
  • 2. The Purpose of Headings
  • 3. Focusing the Reader's Attention
  • Chapter Four: Fact Sections
  • 1. Clarity
  • 2. Organization
  • Chapter Five: Sentences
  • 1. Transitions
  • 1.1 The Function of Transitions
  • 1.2 Putting Old Information before New Information
  • 1.3 Starting a Sentence with Conjunctions
  • 2. Sentence Length
  • 3. Separation of Subject and Verb
  • 4. Emphasis
  • 4.1 Repetition
  • 4.2 Placement within the Sentence
  • 4.3 Placement in the Paragraph
  • 4.4 Use of Punctuation
  • 4.5 Inversion of Sentences
  • 4.6 Antonomasia
  • 4.7 Metaphor and Simile
  • 4.8 Aphorism
  • 4.9 Literature and Art
  • 5. Use of Nouns
  • 5.1 Concrete Nouns
  • 5.2 Nominalization
  • 5.3 Noun Plague
  • 5.4 Noun Phrases as Subjects
  • 6. Vivid Verbs
  • 7. Expletives
  • 8. Throat Clearing
  • 9. Active and Passive Voice
  • 10. Adjectives and Adverbs
  • 10.1 Couplets of Nouns/Adjectives and Verbs/Adverbs
  • 10.2 Use of Nouns as Adjectives
  • 10.3 Use of That as a Complement
  • Chapter Six: Paragraphs
  • 1. Function
  • 2. Topic Sentences
  • 3. Building on the Topic Sentence
  • 4. Referring to Authorities
  • 5. Sentence Pattern
  • Chapter Seven: Diction
  • 1. Using Simple Language
  • 2. Elegant Variation
  • 3. Avoiding Redundancies
  • 4. Replacing a Phrase with a Word
  • 5. Avoiding Legalese and Latin
  • 6. Clichés and Vogue Words and Phrases
  • 7. Referring to Parties and Other Entities
  • 7.1 Acronyms
  • 7.2 Parties' Names Rather Than Their Litigation Status
  • 8. Usage
  • Chapter Eight: Grammar
  • 1. Punctuation
  • 1.1 Descriptive Information
  • 1.2 Terminal Punctuation
  • 1.3 Semicolons
  • 1.4 Compound Adjectives
  • 1.5 Bullet Points
  • 2. Pronouns
  • 2.1 Referent
  • 2.2 Use of the Correct Form
  • 2.3 Singular and Plural Forms
  • 2.4 Reflexive Pronouns
  • 2.5 Intensive Pronouns
  • 3. Gerund Phrases
  • 4. Dangling Participles
  • 5. Dangling Infinitives
  • 6. Contractions
  • 7. Modifiers
  • 7.1 Placement
  • 7.2 Content
  • 8. Use of Nouns
  • 8.1 Collective Nouns
  • 8.2 Compound Nouns
  • 8.3 Singular or Plural
  • 9. Verbs
  • 9.1 Number
  • 9.2 Tense
  • 9.3 Person
  • 9.4 Compound Predicates
  • 10. Adverbs
  • 11. Parallelism
  • 12. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
  • 12.1 Placement
  • 12.2 Prepositions with Verbs
  • 12.3 Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

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