Modern legal drafting: a guide to using clearer language
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge Univ. Press
2001
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| Physical Description: | XXVI, 181 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0521001862 0521802172 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
LIST OF CASES P
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LIST OF STATUTES AND SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
XXX
LIST OF PANELS AND TABLES ****
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
KXV
INTRODUCTION
TRADITIONAL LEGAL LANGUAGE
PRESSURES FOR REFORM
WHAT THIS BOOK DOES
1 WHAT INFLUENCES THE LEGAL DRAFTER
5
FAMILIARITY AND HABIT
CONSERVATISM
FEAR OF NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS * ^
MEANS OF PRODUCTION * *
PROFESSIONAL PRESSURES *
STRAINING TO AVOID AMBIGUITY *
THE MIXTURE OF LANGUAGES * ^
PAYMENT BY LENGTH 26
PAYMENT BY TIME ^0
THE LITIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT 31
2 HOW LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE INTERPRETED 32
WHAT JUDGES HAVE SAID ABOUT TRADITIONAL LEGAL DRAFTING 32
THE PRINCIPLES OF LEGAL INTERPRETATION 38
THE TWO GOLDEN RULES OF INTERPRETATION AND DRAFTING 48
COMMERCIAL OR PURPOSIVE INTERPRETATION 50
IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT 51
MODERN RESTATEMENT 53
DANGERS IN USING PRECEDENT AS AN AID TO INTERPRETATION 57
3 THE MOVE TOWARDS MODERN ENGLISH IN LEGAL DRAFTING 58
THE UNITED KINGDOM 59
CONTENTS VN
AUSTRALIA 71
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 77
CANADA 81
WHAT JUDGES HAVE SAID ABOUT PLAIN ENGLISH 83
4 SOME BENEFITS OF DRAFTING IN PLAIN ENGLISH 85
THE MEANING OF PLAIN ENGLISH* 85
INCREASED EFFICIENCY 86
FEWER ERRORS 89
IMAGE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION 90
MARKETING 91
COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 91
CONCLUSION 95
5 WHAT TO AVOID WHEN DRAFTING MODERN DOCUMENTS 96
WORDINESS AND REDUNDANCY 97
OVERUSE OF SHALL* 99
OBSCURE LANGUAGE 104
UNUSUAL WORD ORDER 105
CONSTANTLY LITIGATED WORDS AND PHRASES 106
FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES 108
LONG SENSE-BITES 108
LEGALESE AND JARGON 109
PECULIAR LINGUISTIC CONVENTIONS 115
NOUNS INSTEAD OF VERBS 117
OVERUSE OF THE PASSIVE 117
DEEMING 117
DEFINITIONS 118
OVERUSE OF CAPITALS 122
PROVISOS 125
CONCLUSION 127
6 HOW TO DRAFT MODERN DOCUMENTS 129
MODERN, STANDARD ENGLISH 129
DOCUMENT STRUCTURE 131
LAYOUT AND DESIGN 133
SHORT SENSE-BITES 137
PUNCTUATION 139
DEFINITIONS 142
TABLES, PLANS AND FORMULAS 144
NOTES AND EXAMPLES 149
SHALL* AND THE MODERN DOCUMENT 150
HANDLING GENERALITY AND VAGUENESS 152
VIII CONTENTS
PRONOUNS 155
INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE 157
PROBLEMS WITH AND , OR 158
DRAFTING IN THE PRESENT TENSE 161
DEEDS 161
AMENDING DOCUMENTS 163
STANDARD FORMS 164
CONCLUSION 165
7 USING THE MODERN STYLE 166
LEASE: HOW TO BRING IT TO AN END IF THE PROPERTY IS DAMAGED 166
COMPANY MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION: SUBSIDIARY
OBJECTS CLAUSE 168
WILL: ATTESTATION CLAUSE 169
WILL: DISTRIBUTION IN UNEQUAL SHARES 170
NEW LAND OBLIGATIONS: BUYER S RESTRICTIVE COVENANT 172
CONCLUSION 174
FURTHER READING 175
INDEX 111
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