【正文】 form. The form in Appendix A is su a form. It provides a solid starting point for the structure of the contract. Like a house, a contract must have a good, solid foundation. 、典型的合同入手。更為方便的是許多文和書中的合同范本都有電子文本儲存在磁盤或中。使用這些舊合同可以為你節(jié)時(shí)間和防止打印錯(cuò)誤不過用這些合同范本時(shí)別忘了交換掉老客戶的名字。 3. Ask your client for a similar contract. Frequently, clients have had similar transactions in the past or they have access to contracts for similar transactions. 。這一招首先幫助你的客戶弄清合同的重點(diǎn)所在。 2. Engage your client in what if scenarios. A good contract will anticipate many possible factual situations and express the parties’ understanding in case those facts arise. Talking to your client about this will generate many issues you may not otherwise consider. 。通常情況下客戶都保存著過去的交易記錄或者是類似合同。 5. Obtain forms in books or CDROM. Typical forms of contracts can be found in form books, su as West’s Legal Forms (a nationwide set) and Florida Jur Forms, as well as in treatises and Florida Bar CLE publications. These can be used as the starting point for drafting the contract or as ecklists of typical provisions and ing to include in the contract. Many treatises and form books now e with forms on disk or CDROM. 。 6. Don’t let your client sign a letter of intent without this ing. Sometimes clients are anxious to sign something to show good faith before the contract is prepared. A properly ed letter of intent is useful at su times. Just be sure that the letter of intent clearly states that it is not a contract, but that it is merely an outline of possible terms for discussion purposes. See Appendix C. 。附錄A就是一個(gè)簡單、典型的合同它提供了一個(gè)合同的根本支架。假設(shè)是個(gè)人要寫清姓和名,中間有大寫字母和其他身份信息的也要注明例如：jr.,等等；假設(shè)是為防止弄錯(cuò)寫名稱時(shí)可以到注冊地的相應(yīng)機(jī)構(gòu)去核對一下。除非一方當(dāng)事人在法定上就是承包人否那么不要將承包人作為其別稱。引述語是指那些放在合同主體前面的鑒于條款。比方：撰寫勞動合同時(shí)列出的標(biāo)題詞就像下面這些： 引述語 聘用 職責(zé) 限 賠償 14. plete ea paragraph by writing the contract terms that apply to that paragraph. This is simple. You learned this in elementary sool. Just explain in s what the parties agree to do or not do paragraph by paragraph. 。另外你將客戶列出的要點(diǎn)和一些類似的合同范本也放在眼前以便在書寫過程中隨時(shí)查對。假設(shè)你將一個(gè)概念重復(fù)地解釋那理解起來就更有困難。假設(shè)你的客戶需要合同就要注明是合同。 18. Write in short sentences. Short sentences are easier to understand than long ones. 。被動語態(tài)的句子：此物將被賣方賣給買方。假設(shè)是修飾兩個(gè)詞可以用排比的手法分別在這兩個(gè)詞之前加上修飾語假設(shè)你只想修飾一個(gè)名詞那么你就應(yīng)該把這個(gè)詞放在這組詞的最后然后在它的前面加上修飾語。同樣在合同中也不要說留置權(quán)人和留置人抵押權(quán)人和抵押人保證人和被保證人容許人和被容許人當(dāng)事人A和當(dāng)事人B......到底說這就要看你駕馭語言的才能了不過要把握的一條原那么即在整個(gè)合同中對合同一方只能用一個(gè)別稱。這將減少一些不經(jīng)意的錯(cuò)誤。那些你在學(xué)校里得到的語法規(guī)那么并不是放之四海而皆準(zhǔn)的東西因?yàn)橛袡?quán)利來解釋此合同的法官或陪審團(tuán)成員學(xué)的語法規(guī)那么可能和你學(xué)的不一樣但不學(xué)的是規(guī)那么撰寫合同都要遵循一個(gè)根本原那么：簡潔、明確。合同文書不是創(chuàng)造性的作品也就不能因?yàn)橐馑嫉募?xì)微差異而引起考慮或爭。 do not alternately call them goods and items. Maintaining consistency is more important than avoiding repetition. Don’t worry about putting the reader to sleep。不要擔(dān)憂這會讓讀者打瞌睡；你應(yīng)該提防的是對方律師會因?yàn)槟：磺宓暮贤鴮⒛愀嫔戏ㄍァ?30. Consider including oice of law, venue _selection, and attorneys fee clauses. If your contract gets litigated, you might as well give your client some ammunition for the fight. Examples of these clauses appear in Appendices A and C. 、審訊地、律師費(fèi)等條款。 下面有兩個(gè)定義術(shù)語的例子： “貨物〞(Goods)是指買方已經(jīng)同意向賣方購置的貨物。 34. Explain tenical terms and concepts. Remember that the parties might understand tenical jargon, but the judge and jury who interpret and apply the contract do not. Therefore, explain the contract’s terms and concepts within the contract itself. Let the contract speak for itself from within its four corners. 。 36. Tell your client the ideas that e as you write. Many ideas will occur to you as you write: things that could go wrong with the deal, things that might happen in the future, things that happened in the past, ways to structure things better. Write these in your letter to the client. 。通常情況下只要你花時(shí)間來起草合同你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)真正的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)在哪里。你的同事不僅能通過文字處理軟件來幫你檢查到你沒有查到的拼寫和語法錯(cuò)誤而且他們還能發(fā)現(xiàn)你起草時(shí)沒有覺察到的矛盾和混淆之處。你的客戶讀第一稿可以確保你的起草的東西和客戶的愿望相符。用來修改的可以命名為合同?！?43. pare the current version to prior versions. If you save draft versions, it is very easy t