A 2nd edition of “Escribir bien es de justicia” by Ricardo-María Jiménez Yáñez, a Professor of Law and Humanities at UIC Barcelona (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) has been highly extended and revised, and also edited by Aranzadi Thomson Reuters.
The book is a theoretical and practical manual on writing that is aimed at new and expert lawyers. The author focuses on teaching how to write using simple, clear and correct language. It also includes a didactic explanation of legal argumentative language.
The prologue is written by Luis María Cazorla, a full member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, and Full Professor at King Juan Carlos University. The work includes examples from Humanities, Law and Business Administration and Management students from UIC Barcelona.
Some of the novelties of this new edition include: a new chapter on legal argumentative language, a wide range of legal expressions and an analytical index of these as well as a new list of speech markers. Information on punctuation symbols has also been updated.
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