法律英语写作参考资料

International Legal English, written by Amy Krois-Lindner and TransLegal, is a coursebook for Cambridge ESOL’s International Legal English Certificate. 

Bryan Garner’s Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (Oxford University Press) is regarded as an authoritative guide to legal language, and is aimed at the practising lawyer. 

Peter Butt and Richard Castle’s Modern Legal Drafting is a reference book aimed at the practising lawyer. 

Legal English (2004) by Rupert Haigh and published by Routledge. 

New ELS: English for Law Students written by Maria Fraddosio (Naples, Edizioni Giuridiche Simone, 2008) is a course book for Italian University Students. 

The Oxford Handbook of Legal Correspondence (2006) by Rupert Haigh and published by Oxford University Press. 
For a humorous perspective on legal writing, see Daniel R. White's Still The Official Lawyer's Handbook (NY: Plume/Penguin 1991), Chapter 13, pp. 171-176, especially its notorious riff on how a lawyer might edit -- and torture -- the phrase "The sky is blue" (pp. 172-174). 

Similarly, see Professor Fred Rodell's "Goodbye to Law Reviews," whose opening lines contain the classic statement of the problem: "There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content." (This and other articles are collected in Trials and Tribulations -- An Anthology of Appealing Legal Humor, edited by Daniel R. White (NY: Plume/Penguin 1991), p. 241.

External links

• Plain English

• The Most Common Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation Mistakes - a really useful cheatsheet for some of the most important spelling, grammar and punctuation rules .

• Grammar Guide created by AustralianHelp - An annotated collection of grammar and writing resources from around the web suggested by Jeffery Reed.

• Writing Resources Collection - http://stateofwriting.com/