Professor Joseph Williams has died
Joseph M. Williams, 1944-2008. Details here.
I recommend his book, one of the best on writing:
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th ed.)
posted by Wayne Schiess at 1:38 PM
Legalwriting.net
Wayne Schiess's legal-writing blog. Home is here: Legalwriting.net
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
I recommend his book, one of the best on writing:
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th ed.)
previous posts
- Text beneath point headings
- Summaries in legal writing, part 1
- Plain-English advocate picks on lawyers. Ouch.
- Choosing topics for sentences
- Writing for nonlawyers
- Mind your prepositions
- All-capitals not necessarily conspicuous
- Doubling spacing?
- Topic & transition sentences in case explanations ...
- Topic & transition sentences in case explanations ...
Wayne's books
[Plain language] has a bad name among some lawyers. This is usually because they don't understand enough about it to judge it properly. --Michele M. Asprey, Plain Language for Lawyers 11 (2d ed., Federation Press 1996).
A related bonus of a plain language style is the potential for reducing mistakes. Traditional legal language tends to hide inconsistencies and ambiguities. Errors are harder to find in dense and convoluted prose. Removing legalese helps lay bare any oversights in the original. --Peter Butt & Richard Castle, Modern Legal Drafting: A Guide to Using Clearer Language 89 (Cambridge U. Press 2001).
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