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The science behind the art of legal writing / Catherine J. Cameron, Lance N. Long.
LIBRA K94 .C358 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cameron, Catherine J., author.
- Long, Lance N., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legal composition.
- Legal research.
- Law--Language.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Why apply science to writing?
- Some caveats on science applied to writing
- A word about legal research and outlining
- Introduction to legal documents
- Deductive and inductive reasoning
- Which type of legal reasoning works best?
- Does format matter?
- Does correct grammar matter?
- Readability and plain language
- Narrative
- Macro-organization of legal analysis
- Introductions, conclusions, and transitions
- Micro-organization of legal analysis
- Citation-does anybody really care?
- How do you persuade in legal writing?
- Do intensifiers really intensify?
- Is less more?
- Learning legal writing
- Are bad writers bad lawyers?
- The top ten takeaways from the science behind the art of legal writing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611630145
- 1611630142
- OCLC:
- 887451055
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