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Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review. The Fourth Edition adds examples drawn from successful student notes, coupled with detailed explanations of what makes the examples effective, and how they could have been made still more effective.
methodical elements (paths of legal reasoning and argumentation, e.g. rules of legal interpretation, collision rules, argument a simili or a contrario) conceptual elements (basic legal concepts, e.g. a legal norm, a legal entity, private and public law, a source of law etc.)
The law review article is a case in point for it combines both legal and academic standards of writing which make it “far richer in intertextuality and interdiscursivity” (Bhatia 2006: 6)...
CLEAR AND ACTIVE LEGAL WRITING Despite the many long, convoluted, and legalese-filled opinions you’re likely to read in law school (and perhaps beyond), legal writing has evolved to prioritize clarity and plain English. The following points will help you convey complex arguments and ideas in the simplest way possible. 1. Be Concise 2.
1 gru 2015 · This paper explains the legal critical literature review in the critical context of the logic of scholarship. The paper asks what makes a critical literature review effective in research.
The literature review revealed that between 1980 thought 2002, legal English textbooks focused primarily on writing instruction with disproportionate emphasis on grammar, legal content, and general writing skills.
Written by a leading expert in the field, Modern Legal Drafting remains an authority on legal drafting in plain English, and is an essential resource for students and practitioners of law alike.
