20 BEST BOOKS ON LEGAL DRAFTING SKILLS YOU SHOULD READ

Posted date: 03/01/2022

1. COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS: DRAFTING TECHNIQUES AND PRECEDENTS – ROBERT RIBEIRO

This report will: ensure that you are fully aware of all changes to the law; sharpen your commercial awareness; improve your drafting skills; increase your appreciation of the rules and guidelines set out by the courts; help you better achieve your commercial objectives; radically reduce your chances of making an expensive mistake.

Link for ebook: Commercial contracts: drafting techniques and precedents – Robert Ribeiro

2. MODERN LEGAL DRAFTING: A GUIDE TO USING CLEARER LANGUAGE – PETER BUTT, AND RICHARD CASTLE

Particularly useful is the step-by-step guide to drafting in the modern style, using examples from four types of common legal documents: leases, company constitutions, wills and conveyances. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical influences on drafting practice and the use of legal terminology. They will learn about the current moves to reform legal language, and receive clear instruction on how to make their writing clearer and their legal documents more useful.

Link for ebook: Modern legal drafting: a guide to using clearer language – Peter Butt, and Richard Castle

3. DRAFTING (LEGAL SKILLS SERIES) - ELMER DOONAN, JULIE MACFARLANE

Each of these texts is designed for use either as a supplement to a legal skills course taught at an undergraduate or professional level, or as a model for the structure and content of the course itself.

Link for ebook: Drafting (Legal skills series) - Elmer Doonan, and Julie Macfarlane

4. PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DRAFTING COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS - BHUMESH VERMA

With the intent to expand the scope of discussion on the various facets of contract negotiation and drafting, especially in this technology driven era, the second edition includes new chapters on e-contracts, damages, intellectual property rights and negotiation. The book also provides specimen drafts of contracts for key commercial transactions for ease of reference by readers. The book will be useful for lawyers, law students and non-lawyers.

Link for ebook: Practical guide to drafting commercial contracts - Bhumesh Verma

5. DRAFTING CONTRACTS: HOW & WHY LAWYERS DO WHAT THEY DO – TINA L. STARK

More exercises throughout the book, incorporating more precedents for use in exercises. Exercises designed to teach students how to read and analyze a contract progressively more difficult and sophisticated new, multi-draft exercises involving a variety of business contracts. New and refreshed examples, including examples of well-drafted boilerplate provisions. More detailed examples of proper way to use shall multiple well-drafted contracts with annotations.

Link for ebook: Drafting international contracts - Marcel fontaine, Filip De Ly

6. DRAFTING CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS - RODNEY D. RYDER

The text is aimed at assisting lawyers, legal counsel and managers in drafting and structuring commercial agreements. The forms and precedents used in this text are examples of drafting and should be used as a guide.

Link for ebook: Drafting corporate and commercial agreements - Rodney D. Ryder

7. OPINION WRITING AND DRAFTING IN CONTRACT LAW - CARRON-ANN RUSSELL

The aim of this book to provide an integrated guide of opinion writing and drafting in the law of contract. It will be of use to the Vocational Bar students, intending and non-intending practitioners, Law Society students and students studying for law degrees.

Link for ebook: Opinion writing and drafting in contract law - Carron-Ann Russell

8. A MANUAL OF STYLE FOR CONTRACT DRAFTING - KENNETH A. ADAMS

This manual's focus remains how to express contract terms in prose that is free of the archaisms, redundancies, ambiguities, and other problems that afflict traditional contract language.

Link for ebook: A manual of style for contract drafting - Kenneth A. Adams

9. CONTRACT AND COPYRIGHT DRAFTING SKILLS - DEBORAH FOSBROOL, AND ADRIAN C. LAING

Contract and Copyright Drafting Skills will help you to appreciate the elements that can be edited in a clause thereby widening, decreasing or improving liability, risk, costs, revenue and control of rights.

Link for ebook: Contract and copyright drafting skills - Deborah Fosbrool, and Adrian C. Liang

10. DRAFTING AND ANALYZING CONTRACTS: A GUIDE TO THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT LAW, FOURTH EDITION - SCOTT J. BURNHAM

The purpose of this book is to apply the principles of contract law to the drafting of agreements. Each chapter discusses the substance of contracts as applied to drafting and suggests language that may be employed to accomplish the purpose.

Link for ebook: Drafting and analyzing contracts: a guide to the practical application of the principles of contract law, fourth edition - Scott J. Burnham

11. CONTRACT DRAFTING AND NEGOTIATION FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS - PAUL A. SWEGLE

This book's purpose is to help business persons negotiate agreements that achieve their business goals without creating unexpected and unnecessary risks and liabilities.

Link for ebook: Contract drafting and negotiation for entrepreneurs and business professionals - Paul A Swegle

12. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE NEC4 ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - ROWLINSON, AND MICHAEL

A practical guide to the application of the procedures contained in the newly issued NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract.

Link for ebook: A practical guide to the nec4 engineering and construction contract - Rowlinson, and Michael

13. A SHORT COURSE IN INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS - DRAFTING THE INTERNATIONAL SALES CONTRACT - KARLA C. SHIPPEY

Contracts provide the formal written understanding between parties to a transaction. This book covers the need for contracts in international transactions, trade terms featuring Incoterms 2000, sample contract provisions, and recommendations for clearer language.

Link for ebook: A short course in international contracts - drafting the international sales contract - Karla C. Shippey

14. BEYOND THE FIRST DRAFT: EDITING STRATEGIES FOR POWERFUL LEGAL WRITING - MEGAN MCALPIN

Beyond the First Draft helps law students and lawyers approach the often difficult task of editing their own writing. The book starts with the fundamental idea that good writing is organized, vigorous, clear, and polished. Its ultimate goal is to help students and practitioners understand that good writing cannot be accomplished in a single draft; good writers must be good editors.

Link for ebook: Beyond the first draft: editing strategies for powerful legal writing - Megan Mcalpin

15. LEGAL DRAFTING BY DESIGN: A UNIFIED APPROACH - RICHARD K. NEUMANN JR., AND J. LYN ENTRIKIN

Designed for upper-level survey legal drafting courses, this groundbreaking text explains drafting using a common vocabulary that applies to any legal document based on a fundamental rule structure, including statutes and other forms of public drafting as well as contracts and other forms of private drafting.

Link for ebook: Legal drafting by design: a unified approach - Richard k. Neumann jr., and j. Lyn Entrikin

16. MASTERING LEGAL ANALYSIS AND DRAFTING - KUNEY, GEORGE W., LOOPER, AND DONNA C.

It is designed to help the novice legal drafter identify those elemental rules and techniques and show how they are used to prepare effective legal writing in different formats, most of which share common elements and structures.

Link for ebook: Mastering legal analysis and drafting - Kuney, George W., Looper, and Donna C.

17. COMMERCIAL DRAFTING AND DETAILING, 3RD EDITION - ALAN JEFFERIS, AND KENNETH SMITH

Commercial Drafting and Detailing provides comprehensive coverage using clear explanations and professional, practical examples.

Link for ebook: Commercial drafting and detailing, 3rd edition - Alan Jefferis, and Kenneth Smith

18. LEGAL TRANSLATION AND BILINGUAL LAW DRAFTING IN HONG KONG: CHALLENGES AND INTERACTIONS IN CHINESE REGIONS - CLARA HO-YAN CHAN

The study mainly examines the challenges posed to English-Chinese translation in the past three decades by elaborate drafting and terminological equivalence, and offers educational and research solutions.

Link for ebook: Legal translation and bilingual law drafting in Hong Kong: challenges and interactions in chinese regions - Clara Ho-Yan Chan

19. GUIDE FOR DRAFTING AND EDITING COURT RULES – BRYAN A. GARNER

This book helps explain the drafting and editing choices reflected in the Appelalte Rules.

Link for ebook: Guide for drafting and editing court rules - Bryan A. Garner

20. FINANCIAL ELEMENTS OF CONTRACTS: DRAFTING, MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE AUDITS – SIDNEY BLUM

This book will modernize and remold how agreements are written and will greatly enhance the bottom line of licensors and other contractors.

Link for ebook: Financial elements of contracts: drafting, monitoring and compliance audits - Sidney Blum

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