Title Modern legal drafting : a guide to using clearer language / Peter Butt and Richard Castle

Edition Second edition Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 240 pages) : illustrations Contents What influences the legal drafter -- How legal documents are interpreted -- The move towards modern English in legal drafting -- Some benefits of drafting in plain English -- What to avoid when drafting modern documents -- How to draft modern documents -- Using the modern style Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index Notes Print version record Subject Bill drafting. Law -- Language. Legal composition. Form Electronic book Author Castle, Richard (Richard William), 1943- ISBN 0511346174 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 0511648782 (electronic bk.) 1139168533 (electronic bk.) 9780511346170 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 9780511648786 (electronic bk.) 9781139168533 (electronic bk.)

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