Authors: Ian Gallacher
ISBN-13: 9781594600968, ISBN-10: 1594600961
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
The manual is written by an experienced teacher and practitioner and is intended as a reference for lawyers at all levels of experience who know what they want to write but who might have forgotten the details of the more mechanical aspects of writing. Uncluttered by lengthy examples or exercises, this short reference work provides brief illustrations to clarify the text and focuses on helping writers produce legal documents of all types that are easily read, technically accurate, and effective.
Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Before you begin | 5 |
Ch. 3 | Writing it down | 21 |
Ch. 4 | Punctuation | 45 |
Ch. 5 | Usage | 63 |
Ch. 6 | General formatting issues | 83 |
Ch. 7 | Common formatting elements | 109 |
Ch. 8 | Litigation documents | 123 |
Ch. 9 | Business correspondence | 167 |
Ch. 10 | Editing your work | 183 |