Is there a difference
between legal writing from creative writing?
There are vast differences between
legal writing from creative writing.
Below is the table showing the differences between legal writing from
creative writing:
Parameters
|
Legal Writing
|
Creative Writing
|
Nature
|
Technical
Writing
|
May Technical
or Free Style Writing
|
Contents
|
Laws, Court
Decisions, Legal Matters, Pleadings, Legal Forms, etc.
|
Poem, Song,
Verses, Letter Writing, Etc.
|
Forms
|
Rigid, complete,
formal and free from error
|
Maybe formal or
non-formal, Non-inclusive, non-binding, may contents many errors
|
Purposes
|
Written
to inform and sometimes to trigger the person reading into making an action
beneficial to the one of the writer
|
Written
to entertain and educate
|
Audience/Readers
|
Mostly Lawyers,
Judges, Law Students and few layman people
|
Mostly Common
People
|
Characteristic
|
Limited
|
Broad
|
Genre
|
One
|
Many
|
Focus
|
Creativity,
self expression, and length
|
Clarity,
directness, and brevity
|
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