Download This PaperThe Power of the Particular
Good with Words: Writing and Editing. [Ann Arbor, Mich.]: Maize Books, 2019
20 Pages Posted: 27 Jul 2018 Last revised: 22 Jul 2019
Abstract
This chapter excerpt offers a way to combat one of the major causes of bad legal writing: unhelpfully abstract language.
Keywords: legalese, advocacy, persuasion, editing, writing
JEL Classification: K1
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Barry, Patrick James, The Power of the Particular. Good with Words: Writing and Editing. [Ann Arbor, Mich.]: Maize Books, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3221063
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