A Plain Language Handbook for Legal Writers |
| A Plain Language Handbook for Legal Writers provides a
practical, workshop-in-a-book approach to the techniques of clear writing for
legal professionals, academics, students of the law and the judiciary.
The first five chapters of the Handbook establish a context for plain language, defining the term "plain language," establishing a theoretical framework for readers to develop plain language documents, providing techniques for making inclusive language a part of the plain language approach and documenting various methods of evaluating and field testing in-house documents. |
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| The second section of the Handbook applies plain language
techniques to key sample documents - legislation, wills, contracts, by-laws,
collective agreements and "public" forms, with before and after samples to
illustrate a range of models. Also included is a Toolbox, a comprehensive set of practice exercises designed to help the legal writer self-diagnose the strengths and weaknesses in writing, with assistance to overcome the problems. The book includes a section on the future of plain language and an extensive bibliography of other resources to consult. The author is a designer and developer of curriculum for writing programs, writer, speaker and facilitator of plain language writing workshops for lawyers and other professionals. She is a frequent speaker at Canadian Bar Association meetings, and has presented at the Canadian Council of Teachers of English and at the National Council of Teachers of English Conference. |
| DESCRIPTIF | |
| Author | Christine Mowat, B.A.(Hons.), M.A. |
| Publisher | Carswell |
| Year of parution | 1999 |
| ISBN | 0-459-23907-4 |
| Pages | 320 pages |
| Price | 105.00$ |
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| Bilingual | No |
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| Dernière modification: 14 février 2008 |
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