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Can contracts be both plain and precise? [PDF]
, 2011 One argument against the use of plain language in legal documents is that it is impossible to convey legal meanings in plain language with the same precision as in specialist legal discourse (Hunt 2003). We tested this claim by redrafting an extract from
Siebörger, I. +3 more
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Open Source Hardware and Healthcare Collaborative Platforms: 'Common Legal Challenges'
Journal of Open Hardware, 2020 Open collaborative platforms to share open source hardware project designs are a growing paradigm. In the healthcare sector, platforms – such as Careables.org, Patient Innovation, Makers Making Change – are becoming a popular means to share knowledge and
Elisabetta Biasin, Erik Kamenjašević
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Journal of Law and Sustainable DevelopmentObjective: This article discusses the plain language intervention to enhance public understanding of legal language, particularly regarding the controversial provisions of the Job Creation Law.
Marlia +7 more
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Assessing plain and intelligible language in the Consumer Rights Act: a role for reading scores? [PDF]
, 2018 Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 consumer contracts and consumer notices are required to be expressed in plain and intelligible language. This is a difficult concept to capture.
Conklin, Kathy +2 more
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, 2005 This article reviews the communicative style Spain inherited from the dictatorship, Spain’s conception of plain language, the goals it set for the four most widely used languages, and the results ...
Cassany, Daniel
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Mind the Gap! Translation of Foreign Law Is Not What You Think
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, 2021 While much legal research involves foreign law and much of foreign law exists in a foreign language, the issue of translation has attracted limited theoretical attention only.
Pierre Legrand
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PLAIN OR ARCHAIC: THE NEW CZECH CIVIL CODE GOING AGAINST THE FLOW
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2012 The article presents the discussion on the wording of the new Civil Code of the Czech Republic which becomes effective on January 1, 2014. Some critics claim that the Code contains many newly coined or re-introduced terms which are unknown to the general
Michal KUBÁNEK, Ondřej KLABAL
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ReflectionsThis study was designed to investigate the translation of laws from Thai into English with a focus on the use of modal ‘shall’ in the translations. As the trend of plain legal English continues to rise in the contemporary legal environment, some legal ...
Wiriya Inphen
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Reproductive Health, 2021 Plain language summary Although abortion was legalized in South Africa in 1996, barriers to safe, legal abortion services remain, and women continue to seek abortions outside of the formal healthcare sector.
Jane Harries +3 more
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Legalese versus plain language [PDF]
, 2012 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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