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Hande Z

Good Points

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 23 September 2016

‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse’ is a well-known phrase. Judges are responsible when the law is badly expressed in their judgments. Furthermore, it is a joy to read good writing, not just novels and essays, but judgments as well – after all, every court case is itself a story.

The rules (and their exceptions) are not much different from the rules of good writing generally, but a judgment of a court has specific objectives. It determines the rights of the parties and lays down the orders that they have to obey. To achieve this, the judgment and orders must not only be reasonable and right, they have to be clear. Secondly, the judgment ought to explain why the judge ruled as he did. To do this, the facts must be set out and the dispute clearly enunciated.

Guberman’s book helps judges perform this basic task with effective advice and some fine examples. If judges read this book and can discipline themselves to follow it recommends, there will be few badly written judgments. A judgment must not only be right; it must read right.

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Patrick Sobkowski

If you’re a lawyer, judicial law clerk, or a student, read this.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 1 August 2022

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Simply the best book available for improving legal writing.

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... his first-rate book about advocacy writing with an equally excellent one -- the best available -- about judicial writing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 28 December 2015

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Ross Guberman has followed his first-rate book about advocacy writing with an equally excellent one -- the best available -- about judicial writing. It should be a mandatory study for all judges and clerks. Although it covers every aspect of the craft of writing clear and persuasive opinions, it does so with a crispness and clarity that make it a pleasure to read. It has the great virtue of providing direct, easy-to-follow advice without trying to pretend that there's only one good way to organize an opinion, or only one style that's appropriate for judicial writing. To drive home that point, it backs up its advice with a treasure-house of examples from well-crafted opinions that both make the advice come to life and demonstrate the range of ways in which it can be effectively applied.
Steve Armstrong, co-author of Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Writing and Editing (3rd edition)

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L. Riverin

État du livre

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 14 October 2020

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Pour le travail

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More examples than analysis

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 15 August 2016

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A common piece of advice for legal writing is to "quote sparingly and thoughtfully." This book gives that advice but does not take it. Instead, it buries a couple pages of good advice in a couple hundred pages of quotations. In that sense, this book is more of an homage to a number of noteworthy judges than it is a useful guide to opinion-writing. As to its content, this book offers some interesting insights, but much of its advice is superficial or is already well-covered in other legal writing guides. I was excited to buy this book, but was rather unimpressed by reading it.

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K L Kennedy

great

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 16 October 2020

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a must read... before, during and after law school

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Eric Eng

Clear instruction

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 15 July 2019

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Super concise on good writing and the thought process.

J. H.

Great for neutrals and law clerks

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 27 May 2019

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If you're a law clerk or a Judge, this is a great book to have on your shelf. Not just helpful, this book is enjoyable! Worth every penny.

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Emily Chou

The contents are helpful, but it is disappointing that ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 6 July 2017

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The contents are helpful, but it is disappointing that a book on judicial writing has a few typos and even a whole line missing (as far as I have read).

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Dropzone

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 28 January 2018

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