A complete guide to clean, precise and understandable legal writing So many books give you advice that turns out to be hollow: "know your audience," "structure your writing." The real strength in Plain Language Legal Writing is how, throughout, Stephens provides clear instructions on how to accomplish what she's recommending. Instead of just telling you to plan what you're going to write, she walks you step-by-step through the planning. Instead of telling you to consider your audience before writing, she describes in detail the sorts of audiences a legal document might have (more than you'd...

This book celebrates and reflects on what it takes to build a dynamic community of M ori scholars.

It is the story of the community that was purposefully nurtured through the M ori and Indigenous Graduate Enhancement programme (MAI) and the International Indigenous Writing retreats organised by Ng Pae o Te M ramatanga, Aotearoa New Zealand's M ori Centre of Research Excellence. The vision was to grow indigenous research and researchers and the achievement is evident in this collection.

The retreats brought together people from widely different disciplines, institutions and...