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Modern legal drafting : a guide to using clearer language /

This edition includes expanded material on the techniques for achieving a style that is both clear and legally sound. It also includes new material on the challenges and merits of drafting in plain language, and provides many before-and-after examples to help both practising lawyers and students dev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Butt, Peter
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What influences the legal drafter?
  • How legal documents are interpreted
  • Some benefits of drafting in plain English
  • How to draft modern documents. Part. 1 : Structure and form
  • How to draft modern documents. Part. 2 : Particular issues for legal drafters
  • How to draft modern documents. Part. 3 : Words and phrases
  • Using the modern style.