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Afterword, Marc Galanter
Afterword, Marc Galanter
Law and Contemporary Problems
Galanter expresses his appreciation to the wide-ranging collection of articles that flatteringly claim to be inspired or influenced by his work. He determines that apart from a few side trips to the UK and to Israel, all of his works have been clustered in two regions widely separated in both space and culture: predominantly India at first, then predominantly the US, and a mix of both.
Beware The ‘Monological Imperatives’: Scholarly Writing For The Reader, Joan A. Magat
Beware The ‘Monological Imperatives’: Scholarly Writing For The Reader, Joan A. Magat
Faculty Scholarship
This article describes principles of effective academic writing - offered not as edicts, but as guidelines - for legal scholars in particular. The overall focus is style, but the discussion begins with observations of format. These are followed by a few stylistic principles that govern clear and effective writing. None of these principles is a revelation to the student of method or to the accomplished writer. But for the academic writer less focused on or less familiar with such principles, being aware of and practicing them can clear the fog from syntax, illuminate the writer's thesis and its development, and …