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Feb 1, 2024 · Essential Elements of Effective Legal Writing. Clarity and Precision in Language: Legal writing should be clear and concise, avoiding ambiguity or excessive legal jargon. Logical Structure and Argumentation: Arguments should be logically structured, making it easy for the reader to follow and understand the reasoning.
- ABSTRACT
- I. WHAT IT MEANS TO SAY THAT A LEGAL DOCUMENT IS WELL WRITTEN
- II. THE THREE FUNDAMENTAL QUALITIES THAT ENABLE GOOD LEGAL WRITING
- A. Good Legal Writing Is Clear
Law schools face increasing pressure to improve instruction in practice-oriented skills. One of the most important of these skills is legal writing. The existing literature on legal writing contains various rules and sugges-tions as to how legal writers can improve their writing skills. Yet it lacks an adequate theoretical account of the fundamenta...
Since the principal goal of this Article is to provide a systematic analysis of good legal writing, it is important as a preliminary mat-ter to explore what exactly it means to say that a legal document is well written. For without a clear conceptual understanding of ―good writing,‖ it is difficult to isolate its essential characteristics. Accord-i...
The previous Part argued that a legal document is well written if the writing facilitates legal decision-making. This Part advances a theory as to the fundamental qualities that enable legal writing to do this. It concludes that there are three such qualities: clarity, concise-ness, and the ability to engage the reader. It then discusses the na-tur...
While the existing literature on legal writing lacks a systematic analysis of the fundamental qualities of good legal writing, there does appear to be a consensus in the literature—as well as in the practice of law—that the chief hallmark of good legal writing is clari-ty. As Justice Benjamin Cardozo put it, ―there can be little doubt that in matte...
- Mark Osbeck
- 2012
Nov 28, 2007 · The book's second purpose is to explain how to take a well-constructed legal argument and present it, in writing, in a way that legal decision makers will find persuasive. The centerpiece of the book is a step-by-step method, based on the construction of syllogisms, designed to walk the advocate through the process by which a winning argument may be crafted.
- James A. Gardner, Christine P. Bartholomew
- 1993
•Good legal writing and advocacy depends on presenting a well structured argument. –This applies whether you are writing an essay, arguing before a judge, advising a client, conducting negotiations or offering a legal opinion. •A good legal argument must be carefully organised and effectively presented. –Prepare carefully.
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May 1, 2024 · Coming from an English Literature background, I thought writing analytical essays would come easily and naturally to me – after all, it's what I spent the last three years of my life doing. But, as my mock exams have showcased, the distinction between legal analysis and literary analysis is far more stark than I originally assumed. To remedy this, I've decided to go back to the basics ...
literature (e.g., case law, statutory instruments) in any essay, if you like and if it is pertinent to your argument. This works particularly if you accept the central tenet of the methodology I propose – that law and literature equally are “culture,” different yet necessarily connected expressions of how we view the world. A. “Law and ...
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Key Elements of a Legal Argument: - Issue Identification: At the heart of any legal essay lies a crystal-clear identification of the legal issue. This section discusses the significance of defining the question at hand. - Rule of Law: Like statutes in a library, legal arguments lean on the rules and principles relevant to the case.
