Perspective
Jan. 22, 2014
"Clear Beyond the Peradventure of a Doubt," Or, Plain English
There's a movement in the law-towards plain English. By Curtis E.A. Karnow
There's a movement in the law-towards plain English. As opposed, one might say, to Leglish. Law school writing courses and advice columns in legal magazines and papers frequently make the argument for straightforward, concise writing, and object to Latin words and other configurationsunique to the legal field such as hereinafterandwherefore. The advice urges active, and avoiding passive, forms. It counsels short sentences. It urges us...
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