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In this issue : A retrospect for Clarity Plain language in the UK Plain language in Scottish legislation Plain legal language in the English courts Plain language, the “Better Law-Making Charter” and some UK developments Plain English revolution officially announced Clarity for South Africa’s credit consumers Implementing plain language at Mallesons Evolution of an easy-to-understand […]

In this issue : How the European Commission drafts legislation in 20 languages The European Central Bank’s approach to drafting legislation in 20 languages The effect of poorly written legislation in a bilingual legal system Producing multilingual legislation in Switzerland Linguistic oddities in European Union legislation: don’t shoot the translator Just fix the English plain […]

In this issue : Legal writing: some tools Drafting readable laws Advice from the Deep South D MacDonald Disclosure overload: lawyers are the problem, not the solution D Hyndman Plain language means better regulation R Grotsky Plain language: its effects on organizational performance Know your rights: a plain language series illuminates legal issues for seniors […]