Books about legal language

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AuthorTitleEditionDateAuthor's country
Kenneth AdamsA Manual of Style for Contract Drafting2nd2008USA
Legal Usage in Drafting Corporate Agreements1st2001
Mark AdlerClarity for Lawyers2nd2006England
Michèle AspreyPlain Language for Lawyers4th2010Australia
Marie BuckleyThe Lawyer's Essential Guide to Writing1st2011USA
Richard CastleDrafting Guide for Private Legal Documents1st2011England
Peter Butt & Richard CastleModern Legal Drafting3rd2013Australia
England
Veda Charrow, Myra Erhardt, & Robert CharrowClear and Effective Legal Writing4th2007USA
Barbara ChildDrafting Legal Documents2nd1992USA
Martin CuttsLucid Law2nd2000England
Robert C. DickLegal Drafting2nd1985Canada
F. Reed DickersonThe Fundamentals of Legal Drafting2nd1986USA
Shelley DunstoneA Practical Guide to Drafting Pleadings 2nd2005Australia
Michael Freeman & Fiona Smith (eds)Law and Language1st2013various
Bryan Garnerrenamed Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage3rd2011USA
The Elements of Legal Style1st2001
Legal Writing in Plain English
A text with exercises
2nd2002
The Winning Brief
100 tips for persuasive briefing in trial and appellate courts
2nd2004
Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Court Rules4th2004
Garner on Language & Writing1st2009
Bryan Garner & Antonin ScaliaMaking Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges1st2008USA
Reading Law
The interpretation of legal texts
1st2012
Chris Heffer, Frances Rock and John Conley (eds)Legal-Lay Communication
Textual travels in the law
1st2013UK
USA
James Kessler QC & Leon SartinDrafting Trusts & Will Trusts10th2010England
Joseph KimbleLifting the Fog of Legalese1st2006USA
Joanna KopaczykThe Legal Language of Scottish Burghs
Standardization and lexical bundles (1380 - 1560)
1st2013Poland
The Law Reform Commission of VictoriaPlain English and the Law1st1987Australia
Le Cheng, King-kui Sin & Anne Wagner (eds)The Ashgate Handbook of Legal Translation1stupdated edn due
12/2014
China
France
Ros Macdonald & Denise McGillDrafting2nd2008Australia
Robert Martineau & Michael SalernoLegal, Legislative and Rule Drafting in Plain English2005USA
Heikki MattilaComparative Legal Linguistics2nd2013Finland
David MellinkoffThe Language of the Law1st1963USA
Legal Writing: Sense & Nonsense1st1982
Christine MowatA Plain Language Handbook for Legal Writers2nd2015Canada
John Olsson &
June Luchjenbroers
Forensic Linguistics3rd2013USA
Wales
E.L. Piesse (eds J.K. Aitken & Peter Butt)The Elements of Drafting 10th2004Australia
Paul SalembierLegal and Legislative Drafting 1st2008Canada
Roger W, ShuyThe Language of Bribery Cases 1st2013USA
Constantin Stefanou & Helen Xanthaki (eds)Drafting Legislation
A modern approach
1st2009various
Cheryl StephensPlain Language Legal Writing1st2009Canada
Sandra Strokoff & Lawrence FilsonThe Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference2nd2007USA
Peter TiersmaLegal Language1st1999USA
Parchment, Paper, Pixels
Law and the technologies of communication
1st2010
Peter Tiersma & Lawrence Solan edsThe Oxford Handbook of Language and Law1st (paperback, sllightly revised)2016various
Anne Wagner &
Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy (eds)
Obscurity and Clarity in the Law
Prospects and challenges
1st2008various
Legal Language and the Search for Clarity1st2006
Anne Wagner &
Le Cheng (eds)
Exploring Courtroom Discourse
The language of power and control
1st2011various
Christopher Williams &
Girolamo Tessuto (eds)
Language in the Negotiation of Justice
Contexts, issues, and applications
1st2013various
Carol Ann WilsonPlain Language Pleadings1st1995USA
Richard WydickPlain English for Lawyers5th2005USA

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