The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style

by Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson

Provides a comprehensive guide to the essential rules of legal writing. Unlike most style or grammar guides, it focuses on the special needs of legal writers. answering a wide spectrum of questions about grammar and style both rules as well as exceptions. Also gives detailed, authoritative advice on punctuation, capitalization, spelling, footnotes, and citations, with illustrations in legal context. Designed for law students, law professors, practicing lawyers and judges, the work emphasizes the ways in which legal writing differs from other styles of technical writing. Its how to sections deal with editing and proofreading, numbers and symbols, and overall document design.

Genres: Law, Writing, Legal, Reference, Nonfiction

510 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Katy]

If you're a law student and don't have this, you're stupid. If you're writing for law review and don't have this, you're just wasting time. Everyone else, move on, there's nothing for you here.

[William]

This book's strong points are (1) Clarity and (2) Usefulness.

Often books in this genre are marginally useful. This book is the exception. It is an essential reference for both students, and practitioners.

[Kersten]

Nice reference book to have.

[Mr. Phil]

the spirals make it easy to keep your page.

[Benton Martin]

Read "Elements of Legal Style" instead.

[Susan Murphy]

The mandatory book for a law library!