Plain Language Statutes: Plain Good Sense or Plain Nonsense?
Law Library Journal, Vol. 78, p. 683, 1985
14 Pages Posted: 28 Sep 2010
Date Written: May 1, 1985
Abstract
This article considers the effects of plain language statutes regulating both private and public law and discusses the problems inherent in both subjective and objective tests for plain language. This article has been cited, among other places, in Peter M. Tiersma, Legal Language (Chicago 1st ed. 1999), and in Peter Butt & Richard Castle, Modern Legal Drafting (Cambridge Univ. 2nd ed. 2006).
Keywords: Plain Language, Legalese, Readability, Interpretation
JEL Classification: K20
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Lloyd, Harold Anthony, Plain Language Statutes: Plain Good Sense or Plain Nonsense? (May 1, 1985). Law Library Journal, Vol. 78, p. 683, 1985, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1683532
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