Modern Legal Drafting: A Guide to Using Clearer Language (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) - Softcover

Butt, Peter; Castle, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521001862 ISBN 13: 9780521001861

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This book reveals how and why traditional legal language has developed some of the peculiar characteristics that sometimes make legal documents inaccessible to users. It examines recent reforms in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and North America, and provides a step-by-step guide to drafting in a modern style. Readers of the book will be able to make their writing clearer and their legal documents more useful to clients and colleagues.

About this title

Book Description

This book shows how and why traditional legal language has developed some of the peculiar characteristics that sometimes make legal documents inaccessible to the end users. It examines recent reforms in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and North America, and provides a step-by-step guide to drafting in the modern style. Readers of this book will receive clear instructions on how to make their writing clearer and their legal documents more useful to clients and colleagues. This book will benefit all law students and professionals.

About the Author

Peter Butt is a Professor of Law and founding director of the Centre for Plain Legal Language at the University of Sydney.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521001862
• ISBN 13: 9780521001861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208