Lopez, Jim V.

The Power of legal writing : how not to write like a lawyer / Jim V. Lopez - Manila : Rex Book Store, c2021. - 595 pages ; 24 cm.

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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