Legal drafting
▲The basic concepts of drafting
▲Legal issue for drafting / Legal wiring or drafting
Legal writing is otherwise called a drafting. Language is a vehicle of
thoughts and writing is an instrument of communication of thoughts.
Advocates have to communicate with the clients, courts, or general public.
Hence, he should have an skill in writing or drafting the legal issues such
as pleadings, plaints, written statements, deeds and notices. One who
draws a document such as a will is called as draftsman, and one who
interprets the pleadings is called as dragoman.
▲General principles of Drafting
•Formation of satisfactory outline :
It is also called skeleton of a document. It should not be vague. It should
be as detailed as possible. It should consider the chronological orders
content and relevance. Each paragraph should contain one major point.
•Arrangement of facts :
These should be in a systematic presentation or a step by step drafting of
a document should be there. Well organized analysis of a problem. It
should be specific, brief, represent the content. There should be a logical
relationship of various legal points which is been addressed by proper
headings. There should be a uniformity and consistency in presentation
of ideas.
•Style and language :
