A manual of style for contract drafting / Kenneth A. Adams.
2017
KF807 .A33 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
A manual of style for contract drafting / Kenneth A. Adams.
Added Corporate Author
Edition
Fourth edition.
Imprint
Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, Business Law Section, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xliii, 547 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The characteristics of optimal contract language
The front of the contract
Categories of contract language
Layout
The back of the contract
Defined terms
Sources of uncertain meaning in contract language
Reasonable efforts and its variants
Material and material adverse change
References to time
Ambiguity of the part versus the whole
Syntactic ambiguity
Selected usages
Numbers and formulas
Internal rules of interpretation
Typography
Drafting as writing
Amendments
Letter agreements.
The front of the contract
Categories of contract language
Layout
The back of the contract
Defined terms
Sources of uncertain meaning in contract language
Reasonable efforts and its variants
Material and material adverse change
References to time
Ambiguity of the part versus the whole
Syntactic ambiguity
Selected usages
Numbers and formulas
Internal rules of interpretation
Typography
Drafting as writing
Amendments
Letter agreements.
Summary
"This manual's focus remains how to express contract terms in prose that is free of the archaisms, redundancies, ambiguities, and other problems that afflict traditional contract language. [The author] highlights common sources of confusion and recommends clearer and more concise alternatives. This manual is organized to facilitate...reference, and it illustrates its analysis with numerous examples."-- Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 515) and index.
Location
STA
Other Editions
Revision of: Adams, Kenneth A., 1961- Manual of style for contract drafting. Third edition. Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Business Law Section, [2013]
Call Number
KF807 .A33 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781634259644
1634259645
1634259645
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