Writing to Win: The Legal Writer
- 作者
- 出版社 Crown Publishing Group
- 出版时间 2012年4月
- ISBN 9780307888716
- 定价 127.00
内容简介
Fromamasterteacherandwriter,afullyrevisedandupdatededitionoftheresults-orientedapproachtolegalwritingthatisclear,thatpersuades--andthatWINS.Morethanalmostanyprofession,thelawhasadeservedreputationforopaque,jargon-cloggedwriting.Yetforcefulwritingisoneofthemostpotentweaponsoflegaladvocacy.InthisneweditionofWritingtoWin,StevenD.Stark,aformerlectureronlawatHarvardLawSchool,whohasinspiredthousandsofaspiringandpracticinglawyers,appliestheuniversalprinciplesofpowerful,vigorousprosetothejobofmakingalegalcase--andwinningit.WritingtoWinfocusesonthewritingoflawyers,notjudges,andincludesdozensofexamplesofeffective(andineffective)real-lifelegalwriting--aswellascompellingmodelsdrawnfromadvertising,journalism,andfiction.Itdealswiththechallengeslawyersfaceinwriting,fromorganizationtostrengtheningandeditingprose;offersincisivewaysofimprovingarguments;addresseslitigationandtechnicalwritinginallitsforms;andcoversthewritingattorneysmustperformintheirdailypractice,fromemailmemostobriefsandcontracts.Eachchapteropenswithasuccinctsetofrulesforeasyreference.Withnewsectionsonclientcommunicationanddraftingaffidavits,aswellasupdatedmaterialthroughout,WritingtoWinisthemostpracticalandefficaciouslegal-writingmanualavailable.
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