Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do (Aspen Coursebook Series) 2nd Edition, (Ebook PDF) – Digital Instant Dowload.

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0735594775
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0735594777
• Author: Tina L. Stark

Table contents:

Part 1 – Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts

Chapter 1 – A Few Words About Contract Drafting and This Book

Chapter 2 – The Building Blocks of Contracts: The Seven Contract Concepts

Chapter 3 – Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts: Part 1 (Representations and Warranties & Covenants and Rights)

Chapter 4 – Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts: Part 2 (Conditions, Discretionary Authority, and Declarations)

Part 2 – Drafting a Contract’s Parts

Chapter 5 – A Contract’s Parts

Chapter 6 – Introductory Provisions: Preamble, Recitals, and Words of Agreement

Chapter 7 – Definitions and Defined Terms

Chapter 8 – Action Sections

Chapter 9 – Representations and Warranties

Chapter 10 – Covenants and Rights

Chapter 11 – Conditions to an Obligation

Chapter 12 – Discretionary Authority and Declarations

Chapter 13 – Will and Shall

Chapter 14 – Drafting the Contract Concepts—A Summary Chart

Chapter 15 – Endgame Provisions

Chapter 16 – General Provisions

Chapter 17 – Signatures

Part 3 – Drafting Clearly and Unambiguously

Chapter 18 – Legalese

Chapter 19 – Clarity through Format

Chapter 20 – Clarity through Sentence Structure

Chapter 21 – Ambiguity

Chapter 22 – Numbers and Financial Provisions

Chapter 23 – A Potpourri of Other Drafting Considerations

Chapter 24 – Deconstructing Complex Provisions

Part 4 – Drafting from the Client’s Perspective

Chapter 25 – Adding Value to the Deal

Part 5 – Putting a Contract Together

Chapter 26 – Organizing a Contract and Its Provisions

Chapter 27 – The Drafting Process

Chapter 28 – How to Review and Comment on a Contract

Chapter 29 – Amendments, Consents, and Waivers

Part 6 – Drafting Ethically

Chapter 30 – Ethical Issues in Drafting

Part 7 – Additional Exercises

Chapter 31 – Additional Exercises

Part 8 – Exemplars and Guided Reading Exercises

Chapter 32 – Exemplars and Guided Reading Exercises

Title tags:

Expert Insights on Drafting Contracts: The Legal Art of Crafting Binding Agreements

Navigating Legal Contracts: A Lawyer’s Guide to Effective Drafting Techniques

Mastering Contract Drafting: Understanding the Strategies Lawyers Use