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From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique,
intimate, and compelling memoir of his friendship with the late
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. For almost thirty years,
Antonin Scalia was arguably the most influential and controversial
Justice on the United States Supreme Court. His dynamic and witty
writing devoted to the Constitution has influenced an entire
generation of judges. Based on his reputation for using scathing
language to criticize liberal court decisions, many people presumed
Scalia to be gruff and irascible. But to those who knew him as
"Nino," he was characterized by his warmth, charm, devotion, fierce
intelligence, and loyalty. Bryan Garner's friendship with Justice
Scalia was instigated by celebrated writer David Foster Wallace and
strengthened over their shared love of language. Despite their
differing viewpoints on everything from gun control to the use of
contractions, their literary and personal relationship flourished.
Justice Scalia even officiated at Garner's wedding. In this
humorous, touching, and surprisingly action-packed memoir, Garner
gives a firsthand insight into the mind, habits, and faith of one
of the most famous and misunderstood judges in the world.
Since first appearing in 2002, Bryan A. Garner's legal-style manual
The Redbook has established itself as the go-to source for all
questions of legal writing (apart from citation form). The book
isn't just the effort of a preeminent legal editor: Garner has
enlisted not only his experienced team but also a group of 54
editorial advisers, most with long and valuable experience teaching
LRW. The book is a one-of-a-kind resource—the legal writer's
equivalent of The AP Stylebook or The Chicago Manual of Style. The
brand-new fifth edition has lots of new material, including updates
relating to pronoun use (especially they) and questions of
unconscious bias. The two exhaustive indexes (word and subject),
plus the detailed table of contents, make it easy to find
authoritative guidance within seconds—whatever the question might
be. The author, Bryan A. Garner, is now the most frequently cited
writer in American judicial opinions. He has produced the past five
editions of Black's Law Dictionary and is the coauthor of Reading
Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts (with the late Justice
Antonin Scalia). He has written more than 25 books that are widely
relied on as authoritative. You can rely on him, too, for the most
comprehensive, nitty-gritty resource available to legal writers:
The Redbook: A Manual of Legal Style. Whether you're preparing a
brief, a contract, or a memo, don't circulate a draft without
consulting the latest edition. Available with Quizzing Bryan A.
Garner has created over 350 multiple-choice questions tied to The
Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style. The sophisticated user interface
provides students with many useful options: Track progress through
questions. View results after completing a quiz. Mark specific
questions for further review. Retake a quiz any number of times.
Link to explanations within the book.
The leading guide to clear writing—and clear thinking—in the
legal profession for more than two decades, now newly updated.
 Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all
too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its
reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since
2001, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain
English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers,
judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound
advice and practical tools for improving their written work. Now
the leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable
volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers
valuable insights into the writing process: how to organize ideas,
create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and
witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on
real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades
of teaching experience. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal
materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal
drafting, and the book’s principles are reinforced by sets of
basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. For
this third edition, Garner has retained the structure of the
previous versions, with updates and new material throughout. There
are new sections on making your writing vivid and concrete and on
using graphics to enhance your argument. The coverage and examples
of key topics such as achieving parallelism, avoiding legalese,
writing effective openers and summaries, and weaving quotations
into your text have also been expanded. And the sample legal
documents and exercises have been updated, while newly added
checklists provide quick summaries of each section. Â
Altogether, this new edition will be the most useful yet for legal
professionals and students seeking to improve their prose. Â
Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful - all too
often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its
reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since
2001 Bryan A. Garner's "Legal Writing in Plain English" has helped
address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law
students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools
for improving their written work. Now the leading guide to clear
writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal
writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into
the writing process that will appeal to other professionals: how to
organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing
skills. Accessible and witty, "Legal Writing in Plain English"
draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through
decades of teaching experience. Trenchant advice covers all types
of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal
drafting, and the book's principles are reinforced by sets of
basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. In
this new edition, Garner preserves the successful structure of the
original while adjusting the content to make it even more
class-room-friendly. He includes case examples from the past decade
and addresses the widespread use of legal documents in electronic
formats. His book remains the standard guide for producing the
jargon-free language that clients demand and courts reward.
An exploration of a surprisingly combative period in the history of
English grammar. Heated arguments can break out over many things:
slander, insults to a person's honor-and, during one period in
English history, grammar. In his new book detailing the
controversies and fraught histories that accompanied efforts to
regularize English grammar, Bryan A. Garner shows that the
grammarians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a
surprisingly contentious and opinionated lot. Taming the Tongue in
the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851) makes the primers of the
period come alive in ways that their concerned and idiosyncratic
authors might not have envisioned. The entries in Taming the
Tongue-which has nearly five hundred color illustrations-are packed
with scrupulously recorded information on the content and
publication details of the primers, as well as tantalizing tales
from the authors' lives. Combining scholarly rigor with lively
anecdotes, Garner sheds light on the controversies and unexpectedly
fiery histories of English grammatical disputes.
DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK.
When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be
tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it's a
skill you "must" cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and
influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important documents
fail to win people over.
The "HBR Guide to Better Business Writing," by writing expert Bryan
A. Garner, gives you the tools you need to express your ideas
clearly and persuasively so clients, colleagues, stakeholders, and
partners will get behind them. This book will help you:
- Push past writer's block
- Grab--and keep--readers' attention
- Earn credibility with tough audiences
- Trim the fat from your writing
- Strike the right tone
- Brush up on grammar, punctuation, and usage
Since first appearing in 2002, Bryan Garner's The Redbook: A Manual
on Legal Style has established itself as the go-to source for all
questions of legal style (apart from citation form). The book isn't
just one talented man's effort: Garner has two experienced
coauthors plus a hands-on team of 54 editorial advisers, most of
whom have long and valuable experience teaching LRW. The book is a
one-of-a-kind resource--the legal writer's equivalent of The AP
Stylebook or The Chicago Manual of Style. The brand-new fourth
edition has lots of new material, including an especially helpful
new chapter on handling quotations. The two exhaustive indexes
(word and subject), plus the detailed table of contents, make it
easy to find authoritative guidance within seconds, whatever the
question might be. The author, Bryan Garner, is now the most
frequently cited author in opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court. It's
true: last term, four of his books were cited a total of 14 times
(in the somewhat fewer than 90 cases decided). This term the count
is on a similar pace. In American appellate decisions generally,
Garner is at the top end of sources relied on. You can rely on him,
too, in the most comprehensive, nitty-gritty resource available for
legal writers: The Redbook. Don't leave home without it.
The most original and authoritative voice of today's English
lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved
usage dictionary When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A
Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly
became one of the most influential style guides ever written for
the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty
years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool
of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively
revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a
thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries,
thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on
the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World
Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of
gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no
sense is this a "regular" dictionary but a masterpiece of
lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the
preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David
Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric and style
still "borders on genius." From the (lost) battle between
self-deprecating and self-depreciating to the misuse of it's for
its, from the variant spelling patty-cake taking over pat-a-cake in
American English to the singular uses of they, Garner explains the
nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to
which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word
choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His
empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the
"purists" who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending
prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists
who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be
accepted. The purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers,
editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so
in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound
"grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but
unpedantic."
Bryan A. Garner, the editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary, has
long championed not only better contract drafting but also better
legislative drafting, rule drafting, brief-writing, and legal
writing generally. With Garner's Coursebook on Drafting and Editing
Contracts, Garner draws on more than 30 years of experience in
teaching contract drafting and in consulting on contracts for
multinational companies. With 150 blackletter principles, Garner
explains how to prepare contracts that are both precise and
readable. The richly illustrated text is easy to follow, and
Garner's improvements on old-style drafting are immediately
apparent. The exercises are both challenging and fun. Never before
has the field of contract drafting been so lucidly, elegantly, and
thoroughly explained. And never before has a coursebook on
contracts been so interesting to read.
Few people can write with as much authority on the English language
as Bryan A. Garner. The author of "The" "Chicago Manual of Style" s
popular Grammar and Usage chapter, Garner is adept at explaining
the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity.
With "The Chicago Guide to English Grammar, Usage, and
Punctuation," he has written the definitive guide for writers who
want their prose to be both memorable and correct. Throughout the
book Garner describes standard literary English the forms that mark
writers and speakers as educated users of the language. He also
offers historical context for understanding the development of
these forms. The section on grammar explains how the canonical
parts of speech came to be identified, while the section on syntax
covers the nuances of sentence patterns as well as both traditional
sentence diagramming and transformational grammar. The usage
section offers an unprecedented trove of empirical evidence in the
form of Google Ngrams, diagrams that illustrate the changing
prevalence of specific terms over decades and even centuries of
English literature. The book also covers punctuation and word
formation, concluding with an exhaustive glossary of grammatical
terms and a bibliography of suggested further reading and
references. "The Chicago Guide to English Grammar, Usage, and
Punctuation "is a magisterial work, the culmination of Garner s
life-long study of the English language. The result is a landmark
resource that will offer clear guidelines to students, writers, and
editors alike"
The perfect set of guides to manage productively and effectively.
Master the most critical professional skills with this five-volume
set that covers topics from personal effectiveness to leading
others. This specially priced collection includes books from the
HBR Guide series on the topics of Getting the Right Work Done,
Better Business Writing, Persuasive Presentations, Making Every
Meeting Matter, and Project Management. You'll learn how to:
Prioritize and stay focused Overcome procrastination Conquer email
overload Push past writer's block Create powerful visuals Establish
credibility with tough audiences Moderate lively conversations and
regain control of wayward meetings Build a strong project team
Create a realistic schedule--and stay on track Manage stakeholders'
expectations Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on
the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with
how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide
smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
How-to guides to your most pressing work challenges. This
16-volume, specially priced boxed set makes a perfect gift for
aspiring leaders looking for trusted advice on such diverse topics
as data analytics, negotiating, business writing, and coaching.
This set includes Persuasive Presentations, Better Business
Writing, Finance Basics, Data Analytics, Building Your Business
Case, Making Every Meeting Matter, Project Management, Emotional
Intelligence, Getting the Right Work Done, Negotiating, Leading
Teams, Coaching Employees, Performance Management, Delivering
Effective Feedback, Dealing with Conflict, and Managing Up and
Across. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the
job, from the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to
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answers to your most pressing work challenges Also available as an
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Originally published: Washington, D.C.: BNA Incorporated, 1961. iii
(New Introduction), xvi, 506 pp. With a New Introduction by Bryan
A. Garner, President, LawProse, Inc. This book tells how to brief
and how to argue a Federal case on appeal. Its primary purpose is
to explain to the lawyer how to best persuade a Federal appellate
court to decide a case in his favor. It is neither a practice
manual nor a text of Federal appellate procedure, being written on
the assumption that all the procedural steps necessary to perfect
the appeal have been or will be timely taken. Consequently this
book deals with problems that are common to appeals in whatever
Federal court they may be presented.
Many of the principles defined and discussed herein are applicable
also to the argument, oral and written, of questions of fact and
law presented and heard in Federal trial courts. The task of
presenting facts and law effectively, the psychology of persuasion,
the requirements of candor and accuracy-these are matters common to
forensic effort in every courtroom, at every state of a litigated
proceeding.
In addition to its discussion of appellate advocacy and a
description of procedure in the federal appellate courts (Supreme
Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, and specialized federal courts), it
provides valuable guidelines for writing briefs and appeals and the
preparing oral arguments.
Among other lessons, it teaches ways to -think before writing,
-state facts and phrase issues persuasively, -use argumentative
headings, -employ clear, forceful English, -handle questions in
oral argument, -use maps and charts effectively and -prevent
"forensic halitosis."
AALS Law Books Recommended for Libraries List 26, Legal
Profession, page 20, "A" Rated.
"To get into court and to maintain your right to be there is the
object of all pleading and is as important in an appellate court as
in a trial court () This book is a guide to handling of cases on
appeal in the Federal courts by one who is eminently qualified to
instruct and direct in this field."
--from the foreword by Sherman Minton, Associate Justice, U.S.
Supreme Court
"Anyone familiar with Mr. Wiener's reputation as an appellate
advocate and with his earlier works would expect his new book to be
either required reading or strongly recommended in a course in
Appellate Practice and Procedure. My own choice for next spring's
seminar at this law school is to require it. This is not to say,
however, that the book is directed solely to the student in law
school. There are probably few practicing attorneys who would not
benefit substantially from the author's ability, drawing on his
vast personal experience, to expound the art of appellate advocacy
in a fascinating and instructive way."
-- Monroe H. Freedman, The George Washington Law Review 30
(1961-62) 148.
"This is a brilliant book by a brilliant mind. It's the seminal
20th-century book on appellate advocacy, with wisdom, insight, and
concrete examples packed into page after page."
--Bryan A. Garner
Frederick Bernys Wiener 1906-1996], or "Fritz" as he was known to
his friends, was educated at Brown University and Harvard Law
School, where he was a note editor on Harvard Law Review. In
addition to several years in private practice, Wiener held
positions in the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Judge
Advocate General's Corps (as an officer during the Second World
War) and the Solicitor General's Office, where he successfully
argued the landmark Supreme Court case Reid v. Covert. Also a
scholar of vast learning and high reputation, he wrote copiously on
courts-martial, martial law and legal history.
The Redbook with Quizzing - New, spiralbound print book with
12-month digital access to over 350 multiple-choice questions,
created by Bryan A. Garner and tied to this book. See description
for more details.
This abridgement of the acclaimed Dictionary of Modern American Usage is a handy guide that discusses the most common problems of style and usage.
In 1936 Piero Calamandrei, an Italian lawyer and law professor,
published Elogio dei Giudici Scritto da un Avvocato, a wry
collection of maxims, anecdotes and observations on the nature of
the legal process. Translated in 1946 as Eulogy of Judges, Written
by a Lawyer, it gradually acquired a reputation among sophisticated
legal circles as the best lawyer's book ever written. Written by a
self-described member of the "Piero Calamandrei Freemasonry
Society," Eulogy of Lawyers revives the spirit of its great
predecessor while shifting the focus to the other side of the
bench. Preface by Bryan A. Garner, President, Law Prose, Inc.;
Distinguished Research Professor of Law, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, Texas; Editor, current editions of Black's Law
Dictionary. "Stein is a rare breed: a superb, noted advocate - one
of the finest of his day - who is also a literary essayist. I can
think of only two comparable predecessors: Lord Brougham and
Clarence Darrow." --Bryan A. Garner, Preface, xii-xiii. Jacob A.
Stein has, for over 60 years, conducted a trial practice. He has
been an adjunct professor at American University Law School, George
Washington University Law School, and Georgetown University Law
School where he has taught for the last 21 years. He has been
president of the District of Columbia Bar. He has served on various
judicial committees connected with the Federal Judiciary. He was
appointed in 1985 to serve as the United States Independent Counsel
to inquire as to the suitability of the President's choice as
Attorney General of the United States. His articles have appeared
in The American Scholar, Times Literary Supplement, The Washington
Post, The Wilson Quarterly, the Washington Lawyer, the Green Bag,
Litigation, and other publications. His books include Legal
Spectator & More (2003), The Law of Law Firms (1994), Closing
Argument: The Art and the Law (1969) and other titles.
In 1936 Piero Calamandrei, an Italian lawyer and law professor,
published Elogio dei Giudici Scritto da un Avvocato, a wry
collectionof maxims, anecdotes and observations on the nature of
the legalprocess. Translated in 1946 as Eulogy of Judges, Written
by a Lawyer, it gradually acquired a reputation among sophisticated
legal circlesas the best lawyer's book ever written. Written by a
self-describedmember of the "Piero Calamandrei Freemasonry
Society," Eulogy ofLawyers revives the spirit of its great
predecessor while shifting thefocus to the other side of the
bench.Preface by Bryan A. Garner, President, LawProse, Inc.;
Distinguished Research Professor of Law, SouthernMethodist
University, Dallas, Texas; Editor, current editions ofBlack's Law
Dictionary."Stein is a rare breed: a superb, noted advocate - one
of the finestof his day - who is also a literary essayist. I can
think of only twocomparable predecessors: Lord Brougham and
Clarence Darrow." --Bryan A.Garner, Preface, xii-xiii.Jacob A.
Stein has, for over 60 years, conducted a trial practice. Hehas
been an adjunct professor at American University Law School, George
Washington University Law School, and Georgetown University
LawSchool where he has taught for the last 21 years. He has
beenpresident of the District of Columbia Bar. He has served on
variousjudicial committees connected with the Federal Judiciary. He
wasappointed in 1985 to serve as the United States Independent
Counsel toinquire as to the suitability of the President's choice
as AttorneyGeneral of the United States. His articles have appeared
in The American Scholar, Times Literary Supplement, The Washington
Post, TheWilson Quarterly, the Washington Lawyer, the Green Bag,
Litigation, and other publications. His books include Legal
Spectator & More(2003), The Law of Law Firms (1994), Closing
Argument: The Art and theLaw (1969) and other titles.
Focusing on the argumentative, narrative, and descriptive style found in legal briefs and judicial opinions, The Elements of Legal Style (second edition) will be a thought provoking examination of effective argumentation in law.
In this eminently browsable book, Bryan A. Garner has collected and
arranged the most important, interesting, and penetrating
statements from judges and lawyers about how to conduct an oral
argument. Each didactic principle is stated, briefly explained, and
then illustrated with quotations from a dazzling array of sources,
ancient and modern. Novices and veterans alike will find helpful
advice in these pages, which systematically explain the subtleties
of the art more lucidly than any previous work has done.
Should horses in Charleston be required to wear diapers? Does the
hotchpot rule apply when dividing a testator's 17 residuary
elephants? Which verse in the Old Testament was the life-saving
'neck' verse? May sexual intercourse be conducted on a without
prejudice basis? These questions and many others like them are
raised but not always fully answered in A New Miscellany-at-Law.
This follows the same style as its two predecessors but consists of
entirely new material, some of it suggested by the readers of the
first two volumes. Like them, it collects accounts of strange and
remarkable cases, striking court-room exchanges, wise and witty
utterances from the Bench, and much else that illumines the law.
For the common law world its reach is global, with many riches from
the USA; and Scotland is not forgotten. Although the book is
primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable
non-lawyers to share in the humour. Some may read the book from
cover to cover; but for most there will be the pleasures of
browsing, often surprisingly prolonged. A New Miscellany-at-Law
also includes many other jewels. There is the touching
Conveyancer's Ode to His Beloved, the court's refusal to consider
whether bees should be classified as invitees, licensees or
trespassers, a deplorable account of a wife being part-exchanged
for a Newfoundland dog, the future Lord Denning's reference to a
wife who was actually committing adultery while denying it in the
witness box, and 'fustum funnidos tantaraboo' in Chancery.
Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative
guide to selecting and using vocabulary. This essential guide for
writers provides real-life example sentences and a careful
selection of the most relevant synonyms, as well as new usage
notes, hints for choosing between similar words, a Word Finder
section organized by subject, and a comprehensive language guide.
The text is also peppered with thought-provoking reflections on
favorite (and not-so-favorite) words by noted contemporary writers,
including Joshua Ferris, Francine Prose, David Foster Wallace,
Zadie Smith, and Simon Winchester, many newly commissioned for this
edition.
The third edition revises and updates this innovative reference,
adding hundreds of new words, senses, and phrases to its more than
300,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms. New features in this edition
include over 200 literary and humorous quotations highlighting
notable usages of words, and a revised graphical word toolkit
feature showing common word combinations based on evidence in the
Oxford Corpus. There is also a new introduction by noted language
commentator Ben Zimmer.
DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK. When you're fumbling for
words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good
business writing as a luxury. But it's a skill you must cultivate
to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails,
proposals, and other important documents fail to win people over.
The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, by writing expert Bryan
A. Garner, gives you the tools you need to express your ideas
clearly and persuasively so clients, colleagues, stakeholders, and
partners will get behind them. This book will help you: Push past
writer's block Grab and keep readers' attention Earn credibility
with tough audiences Trim the fat from your writing Strike the
right tone Brush up on grammar, punctuation, and usage
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