Legal drafting in a nutshell
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Legal drafting in a nutshell
（Nutshell series）
Thomson/West, c2007
3rd ed
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Legal drafting
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"Mat #40637269."
First ed: c1996
Previous eds. by Thomas R. Haggard
"Contains the full text of our Legal drafting--process, techniques, and exercise, 2d edition (West 2007), but with the exercises omitted."--Pref., p. viii
Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-475) and index
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Description
Legal Drafting in a Nutshell, 3d edition, provides guidance on producing transactional documents, contracts, instruments, legislation, and regulations that solve existing problems and prevent future problems. The book provides both a large scale, macro overview of the drafting process as well as small scale, micro focused discussion of the mechanics of legal documents at the sentence, word, and punctuation level. The third edition has been extensively revised to include focused, concrete discussion of ambiguity, vagueness, definitions, representations, warranties, covenants, conditions, document formatting, and drafting ethics. Legal drafting is as much a thought process as a writing process; clear thinking leads to clear drafting. This book is a guide for clear, structured thinking about drafting in order to provide readers with a structured process to follow when assembling useful legal documents. Its authors bring a unique combination of theory and practice experience to th
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