Legal Drafting: Process, Techniques, and Exercises

George W. Kuney, University of Tennessee College of Law

Donna C. Looper, University of Tennessee College of Law

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Teacher's Manual

For this Fourth Edition, each chapter has been updated to incorporate the current and developing perspectives regarding subjects like plain English, legal typography, and document preparation in the 21st century. This is especially the case in the sections of the text dealing with contracts and instruments, although it is true throughout the text.

This book contains the text of Kuney and Looper’s Legal Drafting in a Nutshell (5th Ed. West Academic Publishing 2021), with the addition of revised and updated exercises from the 3d edition as well as many exercises that are new to this edition. This edition is supported by an updated and expanded teacher’s manual, available from West Academic Publishing in electronic form for instructors adopting the book for their course. Some material is also drawn from Kuney’s The Elements of Contract Drafting with Questions and Clauses for Consideration (5th Ed. West Academic Publishing 2020). Readers may find a benefit in these separate titles, which contain additional materials for training in contract drafting, transactional practice, and legislation, but they should be aware of the overlaps.

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