The Party of the First Part: The Curious World of Legalese
Language: English
Published by Henry Holt and Co., 2007
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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- Title
- The Party of the First Part: The Curious World of Legalese
- Author
- Freedman, Adam
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0805082239
- ISBN 13
- 9780805082234
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Why accuse someone of making "material misstatements of fact," when you could just call them a liar? What's the point of a "last" will and testament if, presumably, every will is your last? Did you know that "law" derives from a Norse term meaning "that which is laid down"? So tell your boss to stop laying down the law--it already is.
The debate over Plain vs. Precision English rages on in courtrooms, boardrooms, and, yes, even bedrooms. Here, Adam Freedman explores the origins of legalese, interprets archaic phrasing (witnesseth!), explains obscure and oddly named laws, and disputes the notion that lawyers are any smarter than the rest of us when judged solely on their briefs. (A brief, by the way, is never so.)
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