Modern Legal Drafting: A Guide to Using Clearer Language - Softcover

Butt, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107607671 ISBN 13: 9781107607675

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Modern Legal Drafting provides a comprehensive, authoritative guide to drafting legal documents in effective, plain English. Peter Butt, a leading expert in the field, has fully revised and updated the text for this new edition. It combines a practical focus with the legal principles that underpin the use of plain language in law. This dual practical and academic approach distinguishes it from other books in the field. It 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 their skills. It takes an international approach, drawing upon case law and statutes from England, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

About this title

Book Description

Modern Legal Drafting provides a comprehensive guide to drafting legal documents in plain English. It combines a practical focus with the legal principles that underpin the use of plain language in law. The new edition includes expanded material, many before-and-after examples and draws upon international case law and statutes.

About the Author

Peter Butt is a Professor of Law and founding director of the Centre for Plain Legal Language at the University of Sydney.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107607671
• ISBN 13: 9781107607675
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 382