Mechanics -- Punctuation -- Capitalization -- Italics, boldface and underlining -- Document design -- Numbers -- Typographic symbols -- Spelling -- Quotations -- Citations -- Footnotes -- Grammar, usage, and editing -- Grammar -- Stuffy words and legalese -- Troublesome words -- Editing and proofreading -- Specific documents-- Case briefs -- Research memos -- E-mail messages -- Business correspondence -- Letters relating to engagement -- Opinion letters -- Demand letters -- Pleadings -- Affidavits and declarations -- Motions -- Appellate briefs -- Judicial opinions -- Contracts -- Statements of work -- Legislation, rules, and regulations -- Resolutions -- Scholarly writing -- Student research papers and law-review notes -- Law-review articles -- Book reviews.
Summary:
"The Redbook is intended to be the definitive guide for considering the soundness of your choice in legal writing and editing. If you're editing, you ought to know why your edits make sense. You should be able to justify every edit you make, even if it's just a punctuation mark. You'll do well if you learn to know what you're doing and why."--Preface to the Fourth Edition.
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