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• Title:Clarity for lawyers : effective legal language / Mark Adler and Daphne Perry.
  
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• Author/Creator:Adler, Mark, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Perry, Daphne, author.
  
• Published/Created:London : The Law Society, 2017.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K94 .A34 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  Law--Language.
  
• Edition:Third edition.
  
• Description:xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1784460486
  9781784460488
  
• Contents:pt. A WHAT'S WRONG WITH LEGAL WRITING?
  1. What's wrong with traditional legal writing?
  pt. B WHAT IS GOOD WRITING?
  2. The legal writer's aims
  3. Who says what's right?
  4. What is plain language?
  5. Lawyers' concerns about plain language
  6. The need for thought
  pt. C HOW TO MAKE LEGAL WRITING MORE EFFECTIVE
  7. An overview: three rules of thumb
  8. How to start
  9. Be human
  10. Organising your document
  11. Format
  12. Punctuation
  13. Repetition
  14. Definitions
  15. Consistency
  16. Paragraphs
  17. Sentences
  18. Choosing words
  19. Persuasion
  20. Editing
  21. Computer aids
  22. Testing documents
  pt. D HOW MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARISE
  23. Vagueness
  24. Ambiguity
  25. Miscuing
  26. The loss of nontextual clues
  27. Misleading expectations
  28. The boundaries of literacy and intelligence
  29. Translating and interpreting
  pt. E COMMON LAW RULES OF INTERPRETATION
  30. A brief look at the interpretation rules
  Appendices
  A. A legal writing workshop
  B. Analysis of examples
  C. Precedents
  C1. The lease of a flat in a block owned by a management company of which the tenants are the shareholders
  C2. Licence to assign and authorised guarantee agreement
  C3. Rent review memorandum
  C4. Memorandum of trust
  C5. Explanation to intended occupiers, and disclaimer
  C6. Notice of sale and charge.