| Author |
Adams, Kenneth A., 1961-
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| Title |
A manual of style for contract drafting / Kenneth A. Adams. |
| Edition |
Third edition. |
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| Description |
xxxiv, 477 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 457) and index. |
| Contents |
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 uncertainty 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 -- Provisions specifying drafting conventions -- Typography -- Drafting as writing -- Amendments -- Letter agreements -- Drafting corporate resolutions. |
| Subject |
Contracts -- United States -- Language.
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Contracts -- United States.
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Legal composition.
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| Added Author |
American Bar Association. Section of Business Law.
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| ISBN |
9781614388036 (spiral bound) |
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1614388032 (spiral bound) |
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