Technical legal writing /
Jitendar Kumar Sharma.
- First edition.
- ix, 256 pages : 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Types of legal documents -- Predictive writing -- Persuasive writing -- Criminal pleadings -- Civil pleadings -- Preparation for argument -- Professional legal writing.
"Legal writing involves the production of any form of material used in the legal industry. It falls under the category of technical writing. Lawyers, judges, and legislators employ this type of writing for laws, expression of rights, duties, and other legal analyses. Legal language and legal writing helps in developing the communication, both oral as well as written and also contributes in honing one's skills as a lawyer so that one can think as a lawyer, talk as a lawyer and write as a lawyer. To become a legal writer, you will need more qualifications than a generalist content writer. It is not enough to be an excellent writer. At the very least, you'll need to have some knowledge of legal terms. Command over the language is very vita land is an essential quality of a lawyer enabling him in not only drafting his pleadings but also presenting his arguments in a court of law. Efficiency of an advocate can be gauged to a substantial extent from his communications skills and as such a niche law student should be well conversed with the legal terminology. Precision, clarity and cogence are the governing principles of legal dialogue as well as legal writing and the present book on Technical Legal Writing would equip him with the faculty of articulation as well as sound writing skills." -- Back cover
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Legal composition. Legal writing. Legal documents--Authorship. Professional legal writing.