Drafting Legal Documents: Principles and PracticesThis edition is designed to accommodate either a focus on individual documents one at a time or a focus on transferable skills. Revised and expanded chapters on the skills of using clients and documents as resources; drafting with flexible language; avoiding inadvertent ambiguity; defining terms and naming concepts; and making stylistic choices. |
Contents
Motions | 59 |
Checklist for Drafting Motions | 80 |
PART TWO DRAFTING IN THE PRACTICE | 109 |
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