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xviii, 236 p. ; 22 cm. "The Elements of Legal Style" offers authoritative, down-to-earth and often witty advice on a broad array of writing concerns, from basic grammatical rules to enhancing clarity, force, and persuasiveness. It is written for lawyers, law students, judges, and law clerks. Throughout the book the author draws on splendid and not-so-splendid examples of legal prose to illustrate his points, quoting such eminences as Justice Holmes, Clarence Darrow, William Prosser, Fred Rodell, Ronald Dworkin, Laurence H. Tribe, and Justice Scalia. 1. The letters of the law -- 2. Fundamental rules of usage -- 3. Fundamental principles of legal writing -- 4. Some matters of form -- 5. Words and expressions confused and misused -- 6. Rhetorical figures in law -- 7. An approach to legal style. Bryan A. Garner. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Derecho Metodología Estados Unidos Lenguaje Law United States Methodology KF 250 G234e 1991 808/.06634 9780195058604 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/90043710-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/90043710-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/90043710-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/90043710-b.html DLC 900709 20230411090718.0 spa