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A complete guide to clean, precise and understandable legal writing So many books give you advice that turns out to be hollow: "know your audience," "structure your writing." The real strength in Plain Language Legal Writing is how, throughout, Stephens provides clear instructions on how to accomplish what she's recommending. Instead of just telling you to plan what you're going to write, she walks you step-by-step through the planning. Instead of telling you to consider your audience before writing, she describes in detail the sorts of audiences a legal document might have (more than you'd expect!) and how to best meet their needs. Plain Language Legal Writing will help you produce documents that people are willing to read and able to understand. More: PlainLanguageLegalWriting.comOther versions: e-book
Gewone Taal: ‘n Oorsig is ‘n boek oor hoe skrywers skryf en lesers lees. Die inhoud van die boek betrek skryf- en leesprobleme op woord-, sins- en teksvlak. Die boek fokus merendeels, maar nie uitsluitlik nie, op regstekste omdat hierdie tekstipes vir ontoeganklikheid en ondeursigtigheid vir nie spesialislesers berug is. Een groot bydrae is die kontrolelys wat leiding aan skrywers bied oor watter konstruksies hulle liefs moet vermy en watter konstruksies hulle met groot nut kan gebruik. Hierbenewens word heelwat praktiese toepassingsvoorbeelde voorsien, wat demonstreer hoe komplekse konstruksies op verskillende teksvlakke herskryf kan word om leesbegrip te verhoog. Hoewel die boek ‘n sterk teoretiese begronding het, gaan dit ook om die toepassing daarvan in die praktyk, met die uiteindelike doel om gewone mense te bemagtig en sodoende hulle basiese reg op toegang tot inligting te verwesenlik.
Law and Legal Information Directory provides descriptions and contact information for institutions, services and facilities in the law and legal information industry.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to drafting legal documents in plain English with a dual practical and academic approach.
Around the world, legal information managers, law librarians and other legal information specialists work in many settings: law schools, private law firms, courts, government, and public law libraries of various types. They are characterized by their expertise in working with legal information in its many forms, and by their work supporting legal professionals, scholars, or students training to become lawyers. In an ever-shrinking world and a time of unprecedented technological change, the work of legal information managers is challenging and exciting, calling on specialized knowledge and skills, regardless of where in the world they practice their profession. Their role within legal systems...
Canadian Communication Policy and Law provides a uniquely Canadian focus and perspective on telecommunications policy, broadcasting policy, internet regulation, freedom of expression, censorship, defamation, privacy, government surveillance, intellectual property, and more. Taking a critical stance, Sara Bannerman draws attention to unequal power structures by asking the question, whom does Canadian communication policy and law serve? Key theories for analysis of law and policy issues—such as pluralist, libertarian, critical political economy, Marxist, feminist, queer, critical race, critical disability, postcolonial, and intersectional theories—are discussed in detail in this accessibly written text. From critical and theoretical analysis to legal research and citation skills, Canadian Communication Policy and Law encourages deep analytic engagement. Serving as a valuable resource for students who are undertaking research and writing on legal topics for the first time, this comprehensive text is well suited for undergraduate communication and media studies programs.
The purpose of the hearings presented in this Congressional document was to highlight the enterprising, inventive, and imaginative ways that people use public information and ways that agencies disseminate it. Witnesses were called who could provide information about: (1) how federal data is used by people who make genuine contributions to the nation's economy and democratic processes; (2) the importance of making information available in electronic formats; (3) innovative and inexpensive ways of making information available; (4) the needs of users of federal information; (5) the techniques and technologies of information access; and (6) the impact of the high cost of public information. Thi...