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100 1 _aButt, Peter.
245 1 0 _aModern legal drafting :
_ba guide to using clearer language /
_cPeter Butt.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _ali, 329 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 318-319) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- What influences the legal drafter? -- How legal documents are interpreted -- Some benefits of drafting in plain English -- How to draft modern documents. Part. 1 : Structure and form -- How to draft modern documents. Part. 2 : Particular issues for legal drafters -- How to draft modern documents. Part. 3 : Words and phrases -- Using the modern style.
520 _aThis edition includes expanded material on the techniques for achieving a style that is both clear and legally sound. It also includes new material on the challenges and merits of drafting in plain language, and provides many before-and-after examples to help both practising lawyers and students develop key drafting skills. It takes a genuinely international approach, dealing with the principles for clear, effective legal drafting in all countries where English is the language of law. In doing so, it draws on case law and statutes from countries as diverse as England, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
583 _aCataloguing:
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650 0 _aLegal composition.
650 0 _aBill drafting.
650 0 _aLaw
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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