Since the 1987 appearance of A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Bryan A. Garner has proved to be a versatile and prolific writer on legal-linguistic subjects. This collection of his essays shows both profound scholarship and sharp wit. The essays cover subjects as wide-ranging as learning to write, style, persuasion, contractual and legislative drafting, grammar, lexicography, writing in law school, writing in law practice, judicial writing, and all the literature relating to these diverse subjects.
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Publisher : American Bar Association (16 April 2009)
Language : English
Hardcover : 876 pages
ISBN-10 : 1604424451
ISBN-13 : 978-1604424454
Dimensions : 16.13 x 4.72 x 23.8 cm
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