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With expanded coverage in this new edition, The Elements of Legal Style features additional sections, many more examples, and a thoroughly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style--what it is and how to attain it. Inspired by Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, this book clearly (often wittily) explains the full range of what legal writers need to know: mechanics, word choice, structure, and rhetoric, as well as all the special conventions that legal writers should follow in using headings, defined terms, quotations, and many other devices. Garner also provides abundant examples from the best legal writers of yesterday and today, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Clarence Darrow, Frank Easterbrook, and Antonin Scalia. If you want to make your writing clearer, more precise, more persuasive, and above all more stylish, The Elements of Legal Style offers the surest--and the most enjoyable--means to that end.
Bryan A. Garner
Bryan A. Garner is a noted author, lawyer, and lexicographer, widely known for his books on English grammar and legal writing. Among his most popular works are Garner's Modern English Usage, Legal Writing in Plain English, and The Elements of Legal Style. His writings typically blend prescriptive and descriptive linguistic advice and are regarded as invaluable resources in legal and scholarly contexts. Garner's contributions to the field have earned him numerous accolades, including the prestigious Burton Award for Legal Achievement.
Garner was born in Lubbock, Texas. He has a profound passion for language and its proper use, which is reflected in his comprehensive approach to both general English and specific legal terminology. Over the years, he has collaborated with other esteemed authors and scholars, including Justice Antonin Scalia, with whom he co-authored Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges and Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.
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| Acknowledgments | |
| Foreword | |
| The Letters of the Law | p. 1 |
| Fundamental Rules of Usage | p. 15 |
| Punctuation | p. 15 |
| Word Choice | p. 29 |
| Grammar and Syntax | p. 40 |
| Fundamental Principles of Legal Writing | p. 53 |
| Some Matters of Form | p. 75 |
| Words and Expressions Confused and Misused | p. 99 |
| Rhetorical Figures in Law | p. 149 |
| Comparison | p. 150 |
| Wordplay | p. 154 |
| Syntactic Arrangement | p. 160 |
| Repetition | p. 168 |
| An Approach to Legal Style | p. 177 |
| Being Yourself | p. 177 |
| Exposition and Argument | p. 181 |
| Speaking Legally | p. 191 |
| Expressive Tactics | p. 198 |
| A Parting Word | p. 221 |
| Eighty Classic Statements About Style | p. 223 |
| Index | p. 241 |
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With expanded coverage in this new edition, The Elements of Legal Style features additional sections, many more examples, and a thoroughly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style--what it is and how to attain it. Inspired by Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, this book clearly (often wittily) explains the full range of what legal writers need to know: mechanics, word choice, structure, and rhetoric, as well as all the special conventions that legal writers should follow in using headings, defined terms, quotations, and many other devices. Garner also provides abundant examples from the best legal writers of yesterday and today, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Clarence Darrow, Frank Easterbrook, and Antonin Scalia. If you want to make your writing clearer, more precise, more persuasive, and above all more stylish, The Elements of Legal Style offers the surest--and the most enjoyable--means to that end.
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Bryan A. Garner
Bryan A. Garner is a noted author, lawyer, and lexicographer, widely known for his books on English grammar and legal writing. Among his most popular works are Garner's Modern English Usage, Legal Writing in Plain English, and The Elements of Legal Style. His writings typically blend prescriptive and descriptive linguistic advice and are regarded as invaluable resources in legal and scholarly contexts. Garner's contributions to the field have earned him numerous accolades, including the prestigious Burton Award for Legal Achievement.
Garner was born in Lubbock, Texas. He has a profound passion for language and its proper use, which is reflected in his comprehensive approach to both general English and specific legal terminology. Over the years, he has collaborated with other esteemed authors and scholars, including Justice Antonin Scalia, with whom he co-authored Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges and Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.
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Table Of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Foreword | |
| The Letters of the Law | p. 1 |
| Fundamental Rules of Usage | p. 15 |
| Punctuation | p. 15 |
| Word Choice | p. 29 |
| Grammar and Syntax | p. 40 |
| Fundamental Principles of Legal Writing | p. 53 |
| Some Matters of Form | p. 75 |
| Words and Expressions Confused and Misused | p. 99 |
| Rhetorical Figures in Law | p. 149 |
| Comparison | p. 150 |
| Wordplay | p. 154 |
| Syntactic Arrangement | p. 160 |
| Repetition | p. 168 |
| An Approach to Legal Style | p. 177 |
| Being Yourself | p. 177 |
| Exposition and Argument | p. 181 |
| Speaking Legally | p. 191 |
| Expressive Tactics | p. 198 |
| A Parting Word | p. 221 |
| Eighty Classic Statements About Style | p. 223 |
| Index | p. 241 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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