Garner on Language & Writing - Hardcover

Garner, Bryan A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1604424451 ISBN 13: 9781604424454

Publisher: American Bar Association, 2009

Synopsis

Since the 1987 appearance of A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Bryan A. Garner has proved to be a versatile and prolific writer on legal-linguistic subjects. This collection of his essays shows both profound scholarship and sharp wit. The essays cover subjects as wide-ranging as learning to write, style, persuasion, contractual and legislative drafting, grammar, lexicography, writing in law school, writing in law practice, judicial writing, and all the literature relating to these diverse subjects.

About this title

About the Author:

Bryan A. Garner is editor in chief of all current editions of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of many books and articles on legal writing. His 879-page usage guide, Garner's Modern American Usage, is widely considered the leading authority on general English usage today. Most recently he coauthored Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges (2008) with Justice Antonin Scalia.

Garner conducts more than 100 seminars each year on persuasive writing, legal drafting, judicial writing, and oral argument. Since the 1991 founding of his company, Dallas-based LawProse Inc., he has taught more than 90,000 lawyers and judges throughout the United States and in many other countries. His clients have included the United Nations, the U.S. Solicitor General's Office, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the California Judicial Conference, and many state supreme courts -- not to mention dozens of Fortune 500 companies and more than 300 law firms.

A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Garner has taught there and at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He has received many awards over the years and two honorary LL.D.'s.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1604424451
• ISBN 13: 9781604424454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 876