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The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 1st edition, 2002

The working title of this book was “A Restatement of the Principles of Legal Writing,” and the text is designed on the model of explicit rules followed by commentary. Every rule of punctuation, every important grammatical rule, and every important principle of legal writing can be found here. If the Bluebook deals with citational norms, The Redbook deals with …

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The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 2nd edition, 2002

Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Court Rules

In the 1990s, Bryan A. Garner was the style consultant to the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure—part of the U.S. Judicial Conference. His responsibilities included restyling all amendments to federal rules, including wholesale revisions of the appellate rules and the criminal rules. This remarkably useful pamphlet on legal drafting was a by-product …

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A Handbook of Basic Law Terms

An excellent start in learning about any discipline is learning the vocabulary. This book might be called a dictionary of legal literacy: it contains the most important and most common words and phrases used in law. These terms denote fundamental legal concepts. Whether you use this Handbook as a vocabulary-builder or as a quick reference, you’ll find …

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A Handbook of Business Law Terms

This handy paperback pulls together more than 3,000 key words and phrases that focus on the terms most important in every field of business—from Accounting to Securities. Filled with accurate, brief, and clear definitions with examples, this pocket-sized book should be tucked inside every desk and briefcase. “In today’s business environment, knowledge of the law …

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A Handbook of Criminal Law Terms

This compact dictionary of over 3,000 criminal-law terms is full of accurate, brief, and clear definitions with examples. This book is a must for any prosecutor, defense attorney, and public defender. There is no better quick-reference quick guide for all attorneys working in this field of law.

A Handbook of Family Law Terms

More than 4,000 key words and phrases pack into this handy family-law focused paperback. With accurate, brief, and clear definitions with examples, this handbook is more comprehensive and accessible than any other glossary of domestic relations. “Mr. Garner’s concept of family law is impressively broad. In addition to terms in familiar subjects like marriage, divorce, …

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