The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well, Second Edition
Journalist Goldstein and law professor/journalist Lieberman examine the most common usage and style mistakes which make legal writing one of the most criticized forms of technical writing. The text is also leavened with over 70 pointed quotations about legal writing and has a glossary summarizing all the principles outlined in the book. This title belongs on all law library shelves next to Lucy V. Katz's Winning Words: A Guide to Persuasive Writing for Lawyers (Harcourt, 1987), Richard Weisberg's When Lawyers Write (Little, 1987), and C. Edward Good's Mightier Than the Sword: Powerful Writing in the Legal Profession ( LJ 3/15/89). Recommended.- Merlin Whiteman, Indiana Univ. Sch. of Law, IndianapolisCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.