TY - BOOK AU - Garner,Bryan A. AU - Wright,Charles Alan TI - The elements of legal style SN - 9780195058604 AV - KF 250 G234e 1991 U1 - 808/.06634 20 PY - 1991/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Derecho KW - Metodología KW - Estados Unidos KW - Lenguaje KW - Law KW - United States KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - "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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/90043710-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/90043710-b.html ER -