Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99673 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-25
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

J.Travis Laster, Director, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
Kenneth Adams's handbook should be required reading not only for drafters, but for litigators as well.

Donald F. Devine, Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting is the ultimate "how to" guide for contract drafting.

Emried D. Cole, Jr., Partner, Venable LLP
It is to be sure a highly useful and incisive reference work that comprehensively indentifies contract drafting issues.

Customer Reviews

useful, well laid out; but often I don't follow given rule
really helpful in most situations. When I disagree with a given rule for a specific situation, it usually gives enough information for me to select and justify another format.

Quick read with helpful tips
This book provides a good desk reference for best practices in contract drafting. Although focused primarily on commercial transactions, the tips are helpful for all areas of contracts. Highly Recommended.

So-so
Bought this book after reading some of the author's articles and the rave reviews here. It is more like a style guide (it focuses on tenses, font, grammar) than a substantive legal drafting guide. It is very nitpicky regarding the English language, to the level where if you adhered to every rule, you would be closer to a fuddy duddy phD candidate type than a practitioner. It reminds me of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. I much prefer Charles Fox's Working With Contracts - What Law School Doesn't Teach You, which is more practice-oriented and actually explains each clause, and its the purpose and meaning. Every junior associate should receive Fox's book as a present when they start their first year.