Biskind, Elliot, Simplifying Legal Writing, New York: Arco Publishing, Inc., 1975. Discussed in this book are briefs, statutes, and other legal writings, their ambiguities, prolixities and weak or awkward styles examined, and use of words criticized with appropriate explanations.
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Block, Gertrude, Effective Legal Writing, Mineola, NY: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1983. The book begins with the basics—grammar and word meaning. The book then moves to legal style—techniques used and pitfalls to avoid. Next, it explains organization— outline, paragraphing, coherence, and sentence structure. Last, it touches on case analysis and argumentation.
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Bonner, William and Jean Voyles, Communicating in Business: Key to Success, Houston, TX : Dame Publications, Inc., 1980. A couple pages of this book are dedicated to dealing with the legal aspects of letters for collecting accounts and refusing credit.
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Brand, Norman and John White, Legal Writing—The Strategy of Persuasion, New York : St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1976 . This book is an application of the principles of expository prose and the rhetoric of persuasion to the kind of writing required in law school.
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Dernback, John and Richard Singleton , A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, Littleton, CO: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1981. This book outlines an introduction to law, the basic concepts of the legal method, the office memorandum, and the brief.
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Dumont, Raymond and John Lannon, Business Communications, Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1985. This text contains an eight-page appendix dealing with legal issues in business communications.
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Farmer, Richard, Business: A Novel Approach, Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1983. This informative book deals with law and personnel, make or buy decisions, insurance, purchasing, and transportation. It also covers legal monopoly, political constraints in international business, and rules for foreign business.
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Flesch, Rudolf, How to Write in Plain English, New York: Harper & Row Publisher, 1979. Flesch imagines a time when the average person can read and understand the writings of doctors, lawyers, the government, etc. which include contracts, tax forms and other such documents. To do this, he breaks down written barriers like double negativism, definitions, shredded English and jargon. This, in turn, could restore peoples' trust in societal institutions.
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Goldfarb, Ronald and James Raymond, Clear Understanding— A Guide to Legal Writing, New York: Random House, 1982. Careful, clear writing prevents confusion. The chapters touch on punctuation, organization, style, case analysis (examples), and the Ten Commandments of legal writing.
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Huseman. Richard, James Lahiff.John Penrose, Jr., and John Hatfield , Business Communications, New York: Dryden Press, 1985. General business law and law concerning letter writing is described in twelve pages of this book. Things dealt with include consumer protection, defamation, employment. fraud, privacy rights. product liability, and statutory and common law.
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Kolin, Philip.Successful Writing at Work. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1982. Four different pages through this book are dedicated to legally proper writing, legal notification of collections, and lawsuit prevention.
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Lee, LaJuana, Sallye Benoit, Wilma Moore, and Celeste Powers, Business Communication, Chicago, IL: Rand McNally College Publishing Company, 1980. Several pages of this publication include discussion on legality concerning libel, slander, taping telephone conversations, and written messages.
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Mellinkoff, David, The Language of the Law, Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. This book tells what the language of law is, how it got that way (history), and how it works out in the practice. The goal is to make an existing language better perform its function.
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Murphy, Herta and Charles Peck, Effective Business Communications, Englewood Cliffs. NJ : Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981. In three different chapters, this text deals with legal aspeets of business communications. Included in discussions are collections. defamation, employment, fraud, recommendations, and invasion of privacy.
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Persing, Bobbye Sorrels, Business Communication Dynamics, Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1981.
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Persing covers legal factors in communication and legal messages in several different sections in this publication.
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Probert, Walter, Law, Language, and Communication, Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Puhlisher, 1972. This book deals with communications of and about law. It suggests inventing teaching techniques that circumvent the built-in blindspots of legal language and communication.
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Quible, Zane, Margaret Johnson, and Dennis Mott, Introduction to Business Communication, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981. Legalities of communication, defamation. fear of legal action in collections, fraud, libel, and warranties are covered in approximately ten pages of this text.
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Smeltzer, Larry and John Waltman, Managerial Communication—A Strategic Approach, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984 . A section of this text is dedicated to describing legal questions and considerations in managerial communication.
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Statsky, William and John R. Wernet, Case Analysis and Fundamentals of Legal Writing, St. Paul, MN: West Puhlishing Co., 1977. Background information on case law and the legal system, how to brief and understand an opinion, and authority and case analysis in legal writing are the three main topics discussed throughout the book.
