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Scalia And Garner's Making Your Case: The Art Of Persuading Judges (2000)

by Antonin Scalia(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: Legal writing expert Bryan Garner and Justice Antonin Scalia combined forces to produce this book about the art of legal argumentation, both written and oral. While it will probably be of interest mostly to lawyers, it still has a lot of useful material for anyone who makes a living by either spoken or written persuasion. It is clearly written and offers numerous practical tips on how to best make your case. The non-lawyer readers can just skip over the stuff that is obviously intended specifically for lawyers. They will still find a wealth of real world advice on writing and speaking clearly in a way best calculated to persuade their intended audience. I picked this book up as I was getting ready for an oral argument in an appellate court, and to my delight, found several... more pieces of advice which I intend to use, and which I believe will make me better prepared and my argument more focused and more effective. So, although I find Justice Scalia's philosophical and political views to be a bit peculiar, he is on the money when he writes about how to persuade judges.
review 2: For me this book is the new "Stephen King on Writing". While it is not a writing guide or a style manual, watching a master wordsmith bring his A game to the court day after day is mad instructional. Again, let me stress that I think his political leanings are nightmarish, but god, I really am in hearts with his writing. I love his clean, cheeky, dynamic style and nuanced consideration that goes into writing at this well. I love reading his decisions; always have, so this book was a real treat for me. less

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