A manual of style for contract drafting /
Adams, Kenneth A. 1961-
A manual of style for contract drafting / by Kenneth A. Adams. - Fourth edition. - Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, Business Law Section, c2017. - xliii, 546 p. : ill. 26 cm ;
Include Index (525-545)
Includes bibliographical references (page 515) and index.
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.
9781634259644
2018296715
Contracts--Language.--United States
Contracts--United States.
Legal composition.
346.730266 / Ad171m
A manual of style for contract drafting / by Kenneth A. Adams. - Fourth edition. - Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, Business Law Section, c2017. - xliii, 546 p. : ill. 26 cm ;
Include Index (525-545)
Includes bibliographical references (page 515) and index.
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.
9781634259644
2018296715
Contracts--Language.--United States
Contracts--United States.
Legal composition.
346.730266 / Ad171m