The Elements of Legal Style
The Elements of Legal Style Books
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Since the first edition was published in 1991, The Elements of Legal Style has customary itself as the authoritative guide on all the major issues of writing style in law. Now its coverage has been expanded in this new edition, which features additional sections, many more examples, and a painstakingly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style what it is and how to attain it. Inspired by Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style, this book clearly (often wittily) clarifies the full range of what legal writers need to know: mechanics, word choice, structure, and rhetoric, as well as all the unique conventions that legal writers should follow in using headings, defined terms, quotations, and many other devices. The Elements of Legal Style, 2nd Edition is written for lawyers, law students, judges, and their law clerks–and for anyone who writes in and about the law. With broad experience as a practitioner, academic, and writing consultant, Bryan Garner knows firsthand where legal writing so often goes incorrect, and he pays particular attention to these distress spots.
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You do not want to write like Brian Garner. He sounds like William F. Buckley, Jr. reading the phone book through Stephen Hawking’s voice synthesizer. I found myself paying more attention to the author’s ecclectic phrase choices and mincing composition than his thought. Garner weighs the advantanges of the emergency “Attic” style of writing (Holmes) hostile to the florid “asiatic” style (Cardozo), then in some way manages to take on board the most terrible of both of them.
(And did he really just say “asiatic?”)
As a member and fan of the “California” school of legal writing (Kozinski) and rhetoric (Nancy Grace), I admit my distaste for this book is private. The in rank itself is valuable. But, the content here overlaps substantially with “The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style (2d Ed.).” As a day-to-day reference work, that book is a much better bang for your buck.
Rating: 4 / 5
Brian Garner is Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious Black’s Law Dictionary, but his approach here is anything but stodgy. This book, published by Oxford University Press, looks at legal style in language. It includes his own set of ‘rules’ for usage, some of which will be familiar to most. As well, it has a marvelous section explaining carefully right usages. One example: “Words and Expressions Confused and Misused.” Garner also discusses “Speaking Legally” and “Expressive Tactics” – such as correctly when it is helpful to do again, in what ways tactics can be made more expressive, and how best to place forth a legal argument. He concludes with a sparkling collection of legal quotations on style. This is an brilliant buy for someone (1) looking for advanced-direction in legal English usage for writing and presentation, and (2) interested in learning to like legal writing more. Garner’s examples are well-selected, and it has a full listing of the content topics surrounded by the front and back covers, giving it a ready-reference quality. Quite readable, too, for such heady and easily dull stuff.
Rating: 5 / 5
The principles surrounded by of this book are priceless. Utilizing them will drastically improve your legal writing skills, which will ultimately foster success in your legal career/education.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the single best resource for legal writers. Period. I had the opportunity to take Mr. Garner’s course in law school, and it helped me immensely. As Administration Editor of the SMU Law Review, this book was mandatory reading for all staff members and editors.
Rating: 5 / 5
In small, this is the first and only style guide that I have ever been excited to continue reading and share with others. It has really improved my writing.
Rating: 5 / 5