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Plain-Language Approach in Legislative Drafting: A Perspective from Poland
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2018 The purpose of this research is to explore plain-language postulates reflecting on legal drafting assumptions since legal acts should be precise, clear and express with no doubts the intention of the legislator.
Zych Natalia
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Exposing Errors and Removing Errors: Pushing the Boundaries in Legal English
Altre Modernità, 2017 As is well known, the language of the law tends to be relatively conservative in its style when compared with most other varieties of language. However, in recent decades we have witnessed a minor revolution in the way legal English has developed ...
Christopher Williams
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Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2021 Various aspects of prepositions translation have been primarily investigated in the framework of translation theory. Applied research is mostly focused on translating particular groups of prepositions against the background of plain language.
Chiknaverova Karine
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Plain language and the right to understand in the regulated electricity bill in Spain
Ibérica, 2023 Según la Comisión Nacional del Mercado y la Competencia, un 40% de los usuarios domésticos no entiende su factura de la luz. Este trabajo examina si dicha factura, obligatoria por ley para todos los consumidores domésticos (consumidores con contratos por
Blas-José Subiela-Hernández +2 more
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International Journal of Applied Research in Business and ManagementPlain language refers to the use of understandable language in consumer documents. This is done to prevent practices wherein vulnerable consumers enter into agreements with banks while they do not fully understand the content and consequences of the ...
Menzi Zamokwakhe Thango
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LAY UNDERSTANDING OF LEGAL TERMINOLOGY IN THE ERA OF THE JAPANESE LAY JUDGE SYSTEM
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2012 This paper discusses the unintelligible nature of legal terminology from lay perspectives in the era of the lay judge system. First, I will introduce Japan’s first plain language project which was set up by the lay-judge preparatory headquarters of Japan
Mami Hiraike OKAWARA
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The informed consent form navigator: a tool for producing readable and compliant consent documents
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023 Background/Objective Informed consent forms (ICFs) and practices vary widely across institutions. This project expands on previous work at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Health Literacy to develop a plain language ICF ...
Jonathan P. Bona +7 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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LanguagesThe popularisation of legal knowledge is a critical issue for equal access to law and justice. Legal discourse has been justly criticised for its obscure terminology and convoluted phrasing, which notably led to the Plain Language Movement in English ...
Manon Bouyé, Christopher Gledhill
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PARAPHRASES OF LEGAL TERMINOLOGY BASED ON LAY PERCEPTIONS
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2015 This paper discusses the issue of plain legal language in Japan. First, several legal language battles between legal and lay people are shown, followed by a paraphrase work on civil legal terms based on a research titled ‘A Study on Paraphrase of Civil ...
Mami Hiraike OKAWARA
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