Writing to Win: The Legal Writer

图书标准信息

• 作者 Steven D. Stark 著
• 出版社 Crown Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2012-04
• ISBN 9780307888716
• 定价 127.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Fromamasterteacherandwriter,afullyrevisedandupdatededitionoftheresults-orientedapproachtolegalwritingthatisclear,thatpersuades--andthatWINS.

Morethanalmostanyprofession,thelawhasadeservedreputationforopaque,jargon-cloggedwriting.Yetforcefulwritingisoneofthemostpotentweaponsoflegaladvocacy.InthisneweditionofWritingtoWin,StevenD.Stark,aformerlectureronlawatHarvardLawSchool,whohasinspiredthousandsofaspiringandpracticinglawyers,appliestheuniversalprinciplesofpowerful,vigorousprosetothejobofmakingalegalcase--andwinningit.

WritingtoWinfocusesonthewritingoflawyers,notjudges,andincludesdozensofexamplesofeffective(andineffective)real-lifelegalwriting--aswellascompellingmodelsdrawnfromadvertising,journalism,andfiction.Itdealswiththechallengeslawyersfaceinwriting,fromorganizationtostrengtheningandeditingprose;offersincisivewaysofimprovingarguments;addresseslitigationandtechnicalwritinginallitsforms;andcoversthewritingattorneysmustperformintheirdailypractice,fromemailmemostobriefsandcontracts.Eachchapteropenswithasuccinctsetofrulesforeasyreference.

Withnewsectionsonclientcommunicationanddraftingaffidavits,aswellasupdatedmaterialthroughout,WritingtoWinisthemostpracticalandefficaciouslegal-writingmanualavailable.

【作者简介】

StevenD.StarkisaformerculturalcommentatorforCNN,NationalPublicRadio,andtheVoiceofAmerica.HehaswrittenfrequentlyfortheNewYorkTimes,theLosAngelesTimes,theAtlanticMonthly,andboththeBostonGlobewherehewasanop-edcolumnistandtheMontrealGazettewherehewasaworldsportscolumnist.AformerLectureronLawatHarvardLawSchool,heisagraduateofHarvardCollegeandYaleLawSchool.Hiswebsiteisatwww.starkwriting.com

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