Modern legal drafting : a guide to using clearer language /

Butt, Peter.

Modern legal drafting : a guide to using clearer language / Peter Butt and Richard Castle. - Second edition. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xxxi, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.

What influences the legal drafter -- How legal documents are interpreted -- The move towards modern English in legal drafting -- Some benefits of drafting in plain English -- What to avoid when drafting modern documents -- How to draft modern documents -- Using the modern style.

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