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Bryan A. Garner
Bryan Garner is the award-winning author or editor of more than 20 books. He is a prolific lecturer, having taught more than 2,500 writing workshops since the 1991 founding of his company, LawProse, Inc. His works include Garner on Language and Writing and Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading... show more

Bryan Garner is the award-winning author or editor of more than 20 books. He is a prolific lecturer, having taught more than 2,500 writing workshops since the 1991 founding of his company, LawProse, Inc. His works include Garner on Language and Writing and Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, co-written with Justice Antonin Scalia. Garner has served as editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary since 1995, and he is the author of the grammar-and-usage chapter in the venerable Chicago Manual of Style.
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EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 12 years ago
Justice Scalia has once again embarked on a defense of textualism, the theory of interpretation that argues one must look back at the original text and stick to the text when deciding a case. There is an enlightening debate between Judge Richard Posner and the book's co-author, Bryan Garner in the ...
The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers
The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers rated it 15 years ago
I received this text as a part of the Goodreads "First Reads" Giveaway, and I have to say it's one of the best resource guides to writing that I've come across. Granted, one might note that this is a specific guide to legal writing and may be most helpful in that plane of writing. However, from pe...
SandyQ
SandyQ rated it 15 years ago
I've written a LOT of briefs, but I still found some useful tips in this book. It was written in an entertaining style as well, and I always think it's useful and interesting to hear from judges about what they want to see in a brief.I've recommended this to other attorneys I work with.
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