Winning Through Language: A Guide to Effective Themes for Your Case
Gerry Spence advises advocates to review their briefs several times. Then, says Spence, “write a descriptive phrase or metaphor that symbolizes the soul of the case—a refrain, perhaps—and … call it the theme.” Gerry Spence, How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday […]
Let’s put Citations in Footnotes
Whether in academic legal writing, brief-writing, or judicial writing, let’s stop cluttering the body of our work “with jumbles of letters and numbers.” Mark P. Painter, ‘30 Suggestions to Improve Readability,’ 14 (srln.org [accessed 19 Feb. 2023]). Algebra like [2011] 16 NWLR (Part 1272), 62, 75 shouldn’t appear in the […]
Stop underlining
Underlining is an unsightly relic from the typewriter era
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”He who comes into equity must come with clean hands” versus “He who seeks equity must do equity”
He who comes into equity must come with clean hands
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History of Modern Law Reporting in Nigeria
Law Reports are collections of judicial views from court cases. They are the official publications of historic appellate court decisions and well-written High Court rulings (or, other superior courts of record). A law report is a record of a precedent-setting judicial decision. Not all court decisions set a precedent, regardless […]
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