Drafting Effective Contracts provides all of the tools necessary for attorneys whose livelihood centers on drafting and negotiating contracts. A favorite of professional drafters for over a decade, this encyclopedic resource contains a consistent structural analysis and a comprehensive set of drafting elements that can be used from contract to contract. Users of the Second Edition are walked through the thought process by which contracts are created, supplied with excellent sample contract provisions, and offered direction around the drafting walls that may be encountered in drafting agreements for goods and services, promissory notes, guarantees, or secured transactions. A highlight of the new edition is Litigated Language, an appendix that provides examples and analysis of actual contractual language that has been the subject of litigation and can serve as a springboard for future research and drafting endeavors.