We lawyers do not write plain English. We use eight words to say what could be said in two.
We use arcane phrases to express commonplace ideas. Seeking to be precise, we become …

The leading guide to clear writing!--StartFragment--—and clear thinking!--StartFragment--—
in the legal profession for more than two decades, now newly updated. Admirably clear …

In this volume the author examines verbal constructions in prescriptive legal texts written in
English. Modal auxiliaries such as shall, may and must are analysed, as well as indicative …

On account of objections to its use in legislation raised by experts and Plain Language
advocates, shall has disappeared from legislative texts in some jurisdictions and is used …

This volume offers insights into the ways in which plain language has influenced the
language of the law in the United Kingdom, critically reflecting on its historical development …

Legal English has traditionally been a special variety of English. Mysterious in form and
expression, it is larded with law-Latin and Norman-French, heavily dependent on the past …

This volume is a study into the norms that come into play in the translation of European
Union legislation. With a focus on expressions of modality, the study adopts a corpus-based …

The present article discusses threeactors whose interests shape legislativelanguage in the
EU to a significant extent: thelay reader, the legislator and the linguist. Asthe end user of …

Is there a case for the abolition of ‘shall’ from EU legislation? Page 1 Is there a case for the
abolition of ‘shall’ from EU legislation? RGSL RESEARCH PAPERS NO. 1 PAUL KENDALL …

Case for a Functional Approach to Legal Document Preparation, 2 by Professor David
Crump of the University of Houston Law Center. In this article, I first highlight some insights …