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"Legal language, or “legalese”, is notoriously hard to understand. Legalese
contains more difficult linguistic structures and unusual word choices than
most other styles of writing, including non-fiction, news media and even
complex academic texts.
The convoluted structure of many legal sentences can make it tough to
understand and remember legal obligations. Even lawyers don’t like legal
language. So why does it work this way?
In a new study with my colleagues Eric Martínez (University of Chicago) and
Edward Gibson (MIT), we found that even laypeople resort to legalese when asked
to write laws – which suggests the complexity of legal language may be a kind
of ritual that helps give the law its power."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
