Modern legal drafting : a guide to using clearer language
Butt, Peter2013
Books, Manuscripts
'Modern Legal Drafting' shows how and why traditional legal language has developed some of the peculiar characteristics that sometimes make legal documents inaccessible. Case studies show how obtuse words can be removed. Modern Legal Drafting provides a comprehensive guide to drafting legal documents in plain English. It combines a practical focus with the legal principles that underpin the use of plain language in law. The new edition includes expanded material, many before-and-after examples and draws upon international case law and statutes. Modern Legal Drafting provides a comprehensive, authoritative guide to drafting legal documents in effective, plain English. Peter Butt, a leading expert in the field, has fully revised and updated the text for this new edition. It combines a practical focus with the legal principles that underpin the use of plain language in law. This dual practical and academic approach distinguishes it from other books in the field. It includes expanded material on the techniques for achieving a style that is both clear and legally sound. It also includes new material on the challenges and merits of drafting in plain language, and provides many before-and-after examples to help both practising lawyers and students develop their skills. It takes an international approach, drawing upon case law and statutes from England, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Author:
Butt, Peter, author
Edition:
Third edition / Peter Butt.
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Collation:
li, 329 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Previous ed.: published as by Peter Butt and Richard Castle. 2006.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. What influences the legal drafter; 3. How legal documents are interpreted; 4. Some benefits of drafting in plain English; 5. How to draft modern documents, part 1: structure and form; 6. How to draft modern documents, part 2: particular issues for legal drafters; 7. How to draft modern documents, part 3: words and phrases; 8. Using the modern style.
ISBN:
9781107607675 (pbk)
Dewey class:
808.06634
Language:
English
BRN:
2059655
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