External Resources

So much has been written for many years about plain legal language all around the world. Here are articles, Web page, books from plain language experts or scholars that may interest you.

  • Clear & Effective Legal Writing

    Veda Charrow and Myra Erhardt, Little, Brown & Co, 5th edn, 2013

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  • The Oxford Guide to Plain English

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  • Modern Legal Drafting

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  • Drafting legislation in Hong Kong

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  • Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please: The Case for Plain Language in Business, Government, and Law

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  • Garner’s Dictionary of Legal Usage

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  • Plain Writing Act of 2010

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  • Federal Plain Language Guidelines

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  • Plain Language for Lawyers (2010)

    Author : Michele M. Asprey

    “The idea that lawyers can – and should – write in plain language is not new. There have always been plain language lawyers. There just aren’t enough of them.

    The plain language movement in Australia has been with us for decades. Plain language has been taught in law schools in Australia for almost 20 years. But still too many lawyers don’t write in language that clients, and other readers, can understand.

    Plain Language for Lawyers can help. Over the 18 years it has been in print and it has established itself in Australia and overseas as a comprehensive, entertaining and enormously useful text. It includes international references, contains practical advice, and can be read and enjoyed by anyone who is interested in plain language in the law.”

    Source : https://federationpress.com.au/product/plain-language-for-lawyers/

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  • Federal Plain Language Guidelines

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