TY - BOOK AU - Adams,Kenneth A. TI - A manual of style for contract drafting SN - 1590313801 (pbk.) AV - KF 807 A214m 2004 U1 - 808/.06634 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Chicago PB - ABA, Section of Business Law KW - Contracts KW - United States KW - Language KW - Legal composition KW - Contratos KW - Estados Unidos KW - Idioma N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-242) and index; Two rules -- The front of the contract -- The language of the body of the contract -- The layout of the body of the contract -- The back of the contract -- Defined terms -- Vagueness -- Ambiguity -- Select words and phrases -- Numbers and formulas -- Provisions specifying drafting conventions -- Typography -- Drafting as writing -- Amendments -- Letter agreements -- Drafting corporate resolutions N2 - The focus of this manual is not what provisions to include in a given contract, but instead how to express those provisions in prose that is free ofthe problems that often afflict contracts UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/2004007266.html ER -