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In this issue : Sharing control of conflict: a proposal for transformation through plain language, 140 characters of pure business gold, Three steps towards creating a culture of writing excellence at your workplace, Snapshots from the conference, Access to written information: a social equity, social justice issue, Accessibility or bamboozlement? The case for clarity in […]

In this issue : Judicial decisions: acts of communication, Judicial decisions a riposte and a retort, Plain English: Changing the Lawyer’s, Image and Goals, Bringing the audience to the fore, Radical approaches to preparing legislation

In this issue : Clarity 2012 opening address The story of “shall”: a parable of plain language Reflections of a plain-language legislative drafter Plain language in the financial world The IC clear project Plain language and the role of the visual Plain language laws in Australia Plain language laws in the Netherlands The US Plain […]

In this issue : SIMPLE LAW: laws in citizen-friendly language: a program implemented by Chile’s National Library of Congress From plain language to business language Opening ceremony remarks for Clarity’s third international conference Legal language and the technique for legislation drafting in Mexico: an unresolved matter What our Constitution has to learn from religion Plain […]

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 : Thefounding of Clarity Master Class No. 2, Boulogne conference : Drafting fromscratch—three versions NoiseBill instructions and comments TroublesomeNoiseDisclosure Act Noise Act 2005 Comments on the draft Bills Master Class No. 2, Boulogne conference: Revisory drafting—three revisions The revision that emerged from the project to “restyle” the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil […]

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 : Plain English and New Zealand statutes Imperatives in drafting legislation: a brief New Zealand perspective Plain language in New Zealand: the drafting of legislation Writing decisions in the New Zealand Disputes Tribunal The power of language—the lawyer’s dilemma Rewriting the Income Tax Act Decisions that convince Plain language and law graduates […]