King of Galong Castle: The story of Ned Ryan, 1786-1871

Barrett, Max

M. Barrett

Review\nThis is a marvellous book, full of wisdom and literary references. It is written by a leading Irish judge and brings with it an international flavour, featuring judgments from common law jurisdictions across the world. -- David Pickup ― Law Society Gazette\nJudges are increasingly aware that the best way of enhancing public confidence in court systems is not only by providing a quality service but doing so compassionately and respectfully. The art and craft of judgment-writing is a critical element of this process. This book looks at the judgments of historically great judgment-writers from the US, UK and wider common law world (in particular Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Israel and New Zealand). It is written not from the perspective of what the author can teach but with the aim of identifying essential elements of good judgment-writing in great judgments and insightful commentary.\nWritten by Dr Max Barrett, a judge of the High Court of Ireland, individual chapters focus on subjects such as judgment purpose, length, style and structure, concurring and dissenting judgments, judgment-writing for children and vulnerable parties, as well as more general lessons in good writing offered by great authors from Orwell to Twain. Among the lessons to be taken from great common law judges are that:\na good judgment possesses an ability to rise above immediate facts and to see a problem in its wider perspective; 
a sense of empathy/sympathy for those faring badly is always important; and 
there is nothing wrong with language that is occasionally flowery and ornate; however, the best judgments are crisp and persuasive. 
A great author such as Mark Twain teaches, for example, that:\nevery element of a judgment should be necessary to that judgment and any unnecessary element excised; 
any person or event included in a judgment should be included for a reason; and 
a judge should always use the right word for what she wants to state, ‘not its second cousin'. 
This book is intended for novice superior court judges, their more seasoned colleagues and all with an interest in legal writing (including legal practitioners, law teachers and law students). Lower-court judges required to write judgments should find the book valuable; and judges at all levels should find the additional chapter on ex tempore judgments of use.

The Art and Craft of Judgment Writing: A Primer for Common Law Judges

Legal Education

Globe Law And Business

Legal prose is often a more pedestrian venture than a novel or a poem. However, even the pedestrian can be done well. The views of the professional writers considered in this book identify how lawyers can write legal prose well, and sometimes even beautifully.This book provides key lessons on legal writing that can be gleaned from various leading authors of the past and brought to bear in crafting more polished legal texts. Among the great authors considered are Joseph Conrad, Guy de Maupassant, E.M. Forster, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, D.H. Lawrence, Robert Louis Stevenson and Virginia Woolf. Central themes identified are:Legal writing should never be too difficult to understand;Great writers have much to teach the legal writer;Good writing requires hard work;Professional jargon is generally best avoided; andThe truth is always pure, often simple, and generally best expressed in plain English.This book contains invaluable guidance to help all those involved in legal writing to hone their writing skills, while providing an engaging tour through the works of great authors from the past.All after-tax author royalties from this book will be donated to the Ukrainian relief efforts of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.

Great Legal Writing: Lessons from Literature

Financial Services Advertising: Law and Regulation is the first book to consider exclusively the legal, regulatory and the principal self-regulatory measures applicable to the publication of advertisements for financial products and services in Ireland, identifying what may, must, may not and cannot appear in such advertisements.

Financial Services Advertising: Law and Regulation

Media & the Law

Clarus Press Ltd.

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