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Kentucky Bench and Bar Magazine 32 (July 2013)
University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2014-08
5 Pages Posted: 4 Oct 2013 Last revised: 26 Mar 2014
Date Written: July 10, 2013
Abstract
Some legal writing is vague, but direct phrasing is clearer and stronger. Specify who did what in order to sharpen legal writing.
Keywords: legal writing, indirect, direct writing, vague, general, passive voice, expletive constructions, weasel phrasing, obfuscate, vivid writing
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Fischer, Judith D., Be Direct (July 10, 2013). Kentucky Bench and Bar Magazine 32 (July 2013), University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2014-08, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2335011
Judith D. Fischer (Contact Author)
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law ( email )
Wilson W. Wyatt Hall
Louisville, KY 40292
United States
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