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• Title:The redbook : a manual on legal style / Bryan A. Garner ; with Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson.
  
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• Variant Title:Manual on legal style
  
• Author/Creator:Garner, Bryan A., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Newman, Jeff, author.
  Jackson, Tiger, author.
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2013]
  ©2013
  

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  • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF250 .G375 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  Law--United States--Language.
  Law--United States--Terminology.
  Citation of legal authorities--United States.
  English language--Style--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  English language--Usage--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Genre/Form: Handbooks and manuals.
  
• Edition:Third edition.
  
• Description:xxxix, 614 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:The Redbook is the most authoritative, comprehensive, and easily usable manual of legal style. Written by Bryan A. Garner, with contributions from all six lawyers at LawProse Inc., The Redbook covers everything that mere citation manuals don't and can't: punctuation, capitalization, grammar, prose style, and clarity in general. The Redbook is an eminently usable reference book. Written in the style of a restatement, the black-letter rules are followed by exhaustive comments and illustrations.
  
• Notes:Includes indexes.
  
• ISBN:9780314289018
  0314289011
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Mechanics
  1. Punctuation
  Commas
  Semicolons
  Colons
  Quotation Marks
  Parentheses
  Brackets
  Ellipsis Dots
  Em-dashes
  En-dashes
  Hyphens
  Periods
  Question Marks
  Exclamation Marks
  Apostrophes
  Slashes
  Bullets
  2. Capitalization
  3. Italics, Boldface, and Underlining
  4. Document Design
  Fonts
  White Space
  Justification
  Horizontal Spacing
  Vertical Spacing
  Headings
  5. Numbers
  6. Typographic Symbols
  7. Spelling
  General Principles
  Plurals
  Possessives
  Compounds
  American vs. British Spelling
  Common Misspellings
  8. Citations
  9. Footnotes
  pt. 2 Grammar, Usage, and Editing
  10. Grammar
  Nouns
  Pronouns
  Verbs
  Adjectives
  Adverbs
  Prepositions
  Conjunctions
  Interjections
  11. Stuffy Words and Legalese
  Plain Language
  Terms of Art
  12. Troublesome Words
  Usage Glossary
  Prepositional Pairings
  Offensive Language
  13. Editing and Proofreading
  pt. 3 Legal Documents
  14. Case Briefs
  15. Business Correspondence
  16. E-mail Messages
  17. Research Memos
  18. Opinion Letters
  19. Demand Letters
  20. Affidavits and Declarations
  21. Pleadings
  22. Motions
  23. Appellate Briefs
  24. Judicial Opinions
  25. Contracts
  26. Legislation, Rules, and Regulations
  pt. 4 Scholarly Writing
  27. Student Research Papers and Law-Review Notes
  28. Law-Review Articles
  29. Book Reviews.