Legalese versus plain language

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  • Peter Butt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14296/ac.v2001i35.1332

Keywords:

Legislative drafting

Abstract

Article looking at developments in legal drafting, considering traditional approaches, reluctance to change, pitfalls of change and the benefits of plain language. Article by Professor Peter Butt (Associate Professor of Law at the university of Sydney and IALS Inns of Court Fellow 2001). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

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