The Power of legal writing : how not to write like a lawyer / Jim V. Lopez
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TextPublication details: Manila : Rex Book Store, c2021.Description: 595 pages ; 24 cmISBN: - 9786210422009
- KPM 48.7 .L67 2021
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| FIL KF 5616.9 .L3 1982 Labor code of the Philippines with amendments : Presidential decree no. 442 / | FIL KF 387 .C36 2012 Mindfulness in the practice of law / | FIL KPM 48.7 .Aq85 2023 Legal writing / | FIL KPM 48.7 .L67 2021 The Power of legal writing : how not to write like a lawyer / | FIL KPM 48.7 .M66 2019 Basic principles in legal writing / | FIL KPM 48.7 .O78 2021 Legal writing plain and simple : a practical guide for law students and beginning lawyers / | FIL KPM 53.3 .Aq85 2020 Introduction to Philippine legislation / |
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue, The thrill of the quill: War of the Words -- Introduction, Legal Ease: Lawyers of the Lost Art -- Chapter 1. Phases of writing: Navigating the Terrain -- Chapter 2. Readability: Clarity and Conciseness -- Chapter 3. Structure & Substance: Reasoning -- Chapter 4. A style is born: The Art of the Matter -- Chapter 5. Objective Writing: Sober Perspectives -- Chapter 6. Persuasive Writings: Pleadings and Bleedings -- Chapter 7. Creative Writing: Creation and recreation -- Chapter 8. Contract Writing: Promises and Comprises -- Chapter 9. Legislative Writing: Statutes and sausages -- Chapter 10. Regulatory Writing: Tease and Bureaucratese -- Chapter 11. Decision Writing: Cardozo's Lament -- Chapter 12. E-mail & Letter Writing: Cyber-Rattling -- Chapter 13. Textbook Writing: Enlightenment & Empowerment -- Chapter 14. Technical Writing: Decoding the cryptic -- Chapter 15. Editing & Grammar: Rules for Mules -- Chapter 16, Writer's Block: Blasting Barriers -- Chapter 17. Ambiguity: Clearing the mist -- Epilogue.
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