Plain language pleadings
By: Carol Ann Wilson.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Legal composition.; Law -- United States -- Language.; Legal documents -- United States.; Pleading -- United States.
Description: ""Legal writing is a mess," says the author, and quotes from the leaders of the plain language for lawyers movement." "From her "Funeral for Legalese" through her "Editing Checklist," Carol Ann Wilson convinces her readers that lawyers should rid their writing of legalese and that lawyers' assistants can help." ""The LA who can draft pleadings is valuable to the lawyer and to the legal profession." And those pleadings should be "concise, powerful, and communicative.""--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index.
"Litigation forms in plain language with arguments for plain language in legal documents."