Legal skills: drafting and legal writing Books
Orange House Books Purposeful Punctuation
£13.51
Carolina Academic Press The Tao of Legal Writing
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£15.20
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Teaching Contract Drafting
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive guide covers every stage of organising and teaching a course in contract drafting. With extensive sample course materials, it offers useful tips for building nuance, creative thinking, and experiential learning into contract drafting curricula. Chapters give detailed definitions and examples of core contract concepts including representations and warranties; covenants; conditions; discretionary authority; and declarations. Exploring complex issues such as ethical negotiation, cross-border transactions and the impact of technology on contracts, it presents a nuanced syllabus that can be adapted for courses that focus exclusively on contract drafting as well as those that contain other elements. The book provides tested examples of exercise sets, grading rubrics, sample contracts and peer-to-peer activities, focusing on engaging students in the dynamics of a client interaction. It turns to neuroscience and learning theory to identify effective pedagogical approaches, giving concrete recommendations for how these can be implemented in the classroom.Professors and instructors teaching contract law, as well as any form of transactional practice will find this book invaluable in developing their courses, with expert guidance on how to boost student understanding and engagement.Trade Review‘As soon as the book arrived, I paged through it. It's first-rate. It does a terrific job of teaching professors how to teach contract drafting. It's a much needed resource given the number of professors who teach drafting despite not having a transactional background.’ -- Tina L. Stark, Emory University School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to teaching contract drafting 2. Client meeting simulation: getting started 3. Negotiation preparation 4. Representations and warranties: getting into the facts 5. Covenants: promises, promises 6. Conditions: drafting with care 7. Discretionary authority: crafting provisions that allow for choice 8. Preliminary components: preamble, recitals, words of agreement, definitions, interpretations, and declarations 9. Other substantive provisions 10. General provisions, otherwise known as ‘boilerplate’ 11. International considerations and contract drafting 12. Drafting for a technological age 13. Using proper words and tabulation 14. Neuoroscience and use of creativity in contract drafting 15. The pedagogy of teaching contract drafting 16. Ethics and contract drafting 17. Contract drafting exercises 18. Sample contracts and checklist 19. Answer key 20. References Index
£99.75
Clarus Press Ltd Legal Research and Writing Skills in Ireland
Book SynopsisLegal Research and Writing Skills in Ireland offers an easy-to-use and accessible guide on the core legal skills of research and writing. While Legal Research and Writing Skills in Ireland is specifically tailored to developing these skills in an Irish context, much of the information included in this book will be of value to a reader outside of Ireland as well. Using worked examples and practical tips, this book guides the reader through the stages of undertaking a piece of legal writing. It does this in three parts. Part I condenses and clarifies the research process by discussing research planning and how to find sources of legal information. Part II delves into the writing process and offers advice and tips on good writing generally and effective legal writing specifically. It also includes guidance on how to cite your sources. Finally, Part III combines the skills discussed in Parts I and II and applies these to practical situations in which legal research and writing will be relevant. In doing so it discusses, and provides practical tips on, how to plan and write a dissertation proposal, how to tackle a written assignment, the elements and structure of effective emails and letters, and the written portion of a presentation.Table of ContentsChapter 1 – An Introduction to Legal Research and Writing Part I – The Research Process Chapter 2 – Planning your research Chapter 3 – Finding Information Part II –The Writing Process Chapter 4 – Effective (Legal) Writing – the Building Blocks Chapter 5 – Effective (Legal) Writing – Making the Right Impact Chapter 6 – Citations and Referencing Part III –Legal Research And Writing In Specific Situations Chapter 7 – Legal Research and Writing in Specific Situations
£21.85
