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PLAIN LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF LEGALESE — A CASE STUDY OF WILLS
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2017 Legal English is well-known for its complexity which makes it incomprehensible for lay readers. The answer to the problem of legalese is the plain English movement, aiming at simplification of the language of documents.
Emilia BOLESZCZUK
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PLAIN-LANGUAGE APPROACH IN LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING: A PERSPECTIVE FROM POLAND
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2019 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.
Natalia ZYCH
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Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho, 2016 Resumen: Los documentos jurídicos y administrativos son difíciles de entender. ¿Hay forma de corregirlos? Una de las técnicas principales en aras de la claridad es la de hacer preguntas.
Javier Martínez Villarroya
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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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, 2014 Plain legal language is one of ways to ensure citizens rights to clear and easy understandable information about legal regulations. It is also a valuable tool providing public services.
Ramunė Miežanskienė +1 more
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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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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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