Basic Legal Drafting: Litigation Documents, Contracts, Legislative Documents

Nice legal resource. Will take me time to read through and write final review

Very well organized. Elements are explained very carefully. An excellent resource, and for non-lawyers, an essential resource. One complaint: a little hard to find some of the important points made in the body of the text. It could be improved with more subdivisions.

delivered as promised.book like new,

Very well written.

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"Basic Legal Drafting" is the ultimate "How To" book for anyone faced with the task of drafting a legal document. It answers all questions as to "What Do I Say and How Do I Say It." The text leads the reader step by step through the drafting process: how to think about the context of the document, how to determine the necessary content of the document, how to place the content into a logical framework, and how to use language skills to set out the content clearly and without ambiguity. The faculty members of the Legal Drafting Program at the University of Florida Levin College of Law have used the book for six semesters, and it is by far the best teaching tool we have encountered. Because the text covers all of the basics of effective drafting, students are better prepared when they come to class, and the discussion is more informed. Many questions can be answered simply by reference to specific pages of the text. Comments by students have been highly positive. They find the book to be "thorough", "readable", and "most helpful", and indicate it is the one book they intend to keep after graduation because it is the "most useful." The text is useful not only for the classroom, but also as a primer for law school graduates who have not had the benefit of a hands-on skills course such as Legal Drafting. It is also useful as a reference for even seasoned attorneys facing particular drafting dilemmas. "Basic Legal Drafting" is practical and to the point, and entirely user-friendly.

As a law school legal drafting instructor and former practitioner, I find this textbood invaluable. Professor Rutledge's easy-to-read compilation of more than 20 years of lessons taught and learned captures the essentials of drafting clear, unambiguous, and well-organized documents. Each drafting principle is presented with a thorough explanation and helpful examples that provide excellent starting points for my students' weekly drafting assignments. I have more time in class to focus on the students' work products and I spend less class time on general explantions. Not only is the substance outstanding, the writing style is delightful and makes you feel as though you are in a very pleasant classroom environment. There is nothing dry or boring about this text, and my students actually give positive feedback about it! A reference students should take with them into the practice, I highly recommend it for instructors, students, and practitioners.

The size of the book is like a grammar workbook. It suggests a legal drafting workbook, quite satisfying title at first. The contents (3 chapters with almost 9 sub topics each) encompass many a topics and concepts using139 pages . But it fails to bring forth variety of formats with good enough examples. Not so good for beginners. Hence, the promise it shows while going through​ the contents eventually is broken at the end. What did I learn that I didn't know? Nothing significant, except few hints of keeping premises in agreement with subject was added to my writing skills, the American court way. But it is a good culture to respect knowledge. So let it be bought. Although, its price should not be more than 300 rupees. Better to buy an ordinary legal drafting book written by an Indian author for basics.

A great clear basic course to familiarise yourself with drafting even though for the American market

I found this book helpful. It is not written for those still wearing "L" plates. If you have some knowledge of drafting you will find it useful.