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