The Elements of Legal Style

EUR 15,90

The best single investment in legal writing. - I bought this book in 1994 or so, and try to read it every year as a refresher course. You can read the entire book (skimming the examples) in a long weekend. Doing that will immessurably improve the coherence and power of your writing. This book has helped me. The examples are clear and relevant and relatively easy to use in your own writing.Garner has a real gift and this early book was just the first sign of his abilities. Enjoy!

Every lawyer and judge should have a copy. - Perhaps because Garner s major work, A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, has received so much attention, this little book is often overlooked. This is unfortunate because The Elements of Legal Style is an outstanding resource and it is probably more accessible and more useful to the working lawyer than A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage. As Professor Wright indicates in his incisive Forward, anyone, no matter how good a writer, will find much that is useful in the book. This book should be in the library of every lawyer and judge. Highly recommended.

The legal writer s Bible. - This is the single best resource for legal writers. Period. I had the opportunity to take Mr. Garner s course in law school, and it helped me immensely. As Managing Editor of the SMU Law Review, this book was mandatory reading for all staff members and editors.

• Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing)
• Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (Oxford Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage)
• The Elements of Style
• Black s Law Dictionary: Standard Edition (Black s Law Dictionary)
• Black s Law Pocket Dictionary: Pocket Edition (Black s Law Pocket Dictionary)