Modern legal drafting : a guide to using clearer language / Peter Butt.

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Publication details:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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3rd ed.

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83454

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Subject:

Law -- Language.

Legal composition.

Bill drafting.

Legal documents -- Interpretation and construction.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9781107607675

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Phys. description:

li, 329 p. : ill. ; 23 cm