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Legalese versus plain language [PDF]
, 2001 Article looking at developments in legal drafting, considering traditional approaches, reluctance to change, pitfalls of change and the benefits of plain language.
Butt, Peter
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, 1987 In the interpretation of any statute, there are at least three sources of understanding one can look to: the text, the legislators who penned it, and the judges who interpret it.
Breger, Marshall J.
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman +8 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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Exploratory Analysis of ELP1 Expression in Whole Blood From Patients With Familial Dysautonomia
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a hereditary neurodevelopmental disorder caused by aberrant splicing of the ELP1 gene, leading to a tissue‐specific reduction in ELP1 protein expression. Preclinical models indicate that increasing ELP1 levels can mitigate disease manifestations.
Alejandra González‐Duarte +13 more
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Plain legal language and the basic concepts of the philosophy of law
Oblicza Komunikacji, 2021 The aim of the presented article is to demonstrate the possibility of implementing the principles of the Wrocław effective communication model in research conducted by theorists and philosophers of law as well as linguists. The author reflects on the difficulty of comprehending legal language and creating texts of normative acts in an uncomplicated ...
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Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz +25 more
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La complejidad de la escritura en el contexto judicial: hipótesis y consecuencias
Revista Vasca de Gestión de Personas y Organizaciones PúblicasComplexity is a distinctive feature of writing within judicial context. More particularly, convoluted syntax of judgments and rulings, with an excessive use of embedded clauses, has been identified as one of the main factors that hinder their ...
Claudia Poblete Olmedo +2 more
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Methods of Conveying Information to Jurors: An Evidence Review - Research Findings [PDF]
, 2018 Paper suggests that jurors can face considerable challenges in recalling both the evidence and the legal directions in a criminal trial and that they can struggle to understand legal directions.
Chalmers, James, Leverick, Fiona
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