TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lopez, Jim V. 
TI  - The Power of legal writing : : how not to write like a lawyer 
SN  - 9786210422009
AV  - KPM 48.7 .L67 2021 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Manila
PB  - Rex Book Store
KW  - LAW -- STUDY AND TEACHING
KW  - LAW SCHOOLS
N1  - 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
ER  -