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Title Drafting contracts : how and why lawyers do what they do / Tina L. Stark, Visiting Professor, Fordham University School of Law.

Published New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, [2014] Call Number KF807 .S73 2014 Edition Second edition. ISBN 9780735594777 (pbk.)
0735594775 (pbk.) Description xxxii, 567 pages : illustrations, forms ; 28 cm. System Control No. (OCoLC)859253552

Summary "Reflecting real-world transactional practice, Tina L. Stark emphasizes the importance of drafting a contract that accurately memorializes the business deal while advancing a client's interests. This timely second edition of Drafting Contracts : How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do, features many new and updated exercises, examples, and precedents"--Unedited summary from book cover.

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Table of Contents

Translating the business deal into contract concepts. A few words about contract drafting and this book
The building blocks of contracts : the seven contract concepts
Translating the business deal into contract concepts : part 1 (representations and warranties & covenants and rights)
Translating the business deal into contract concepts : part 2 (conditions, discretionary authority, and declarations)
Drafting a contract's parts. A contract's parts
Introductory provisions : preamble, recitals, and words of agreement
Definitions and defined terms
Action sections
Representations and warranties
Covenants and rights
Conditions to an obligation
Discretionary authority and declarations
Will and shall
Drafting the contract concepts : a summary chart
Endgame provisions
General provisions
Signatures.

Drafting clearly and unambiguously: Legalese
Clarity through format
Clarity through sentence structure
Ambiguity
Numbers and financial provisions
A potpourri of other drafting considerations
Deconstructing complex provisions
Drafting from the client's perspective. Adding value to the deal
Putting a contract together. Organizing a contract and its provisions
The drafting process
How to review and comment on a contract
Amendments, consents, and waivers
Drafting ethically. Ethical issues in drafting
Additional exercises. Additional exercises
Exemplars and guided reading exercises. Exemplars and guided reading exercises
Exhibit : Escrow agreements.