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1 Moore ?Short and plain statements: a pleading for plain language in legal writing (1985)Southern University Law Review 47 at at ?Writing laws: making them easier to UNDERSTAND (1992) Ottawa Law Review 495 ?Plain English in the statutes (1985) Law Institute Journal 673 at SIXTHE RIGHT TO is a fundamental principle that ordinary people should not only be given access tothe law but they should be able to UNDERSTAND it. People should be able tounderstand the laws they are expected to obey in a democracy. The general publichas an interest in being able to UNDERSTAND and follow court proceedings. It is a tritefact that when people do not UNDERSTAND the law or misunderstand it, they are lesslikely to comply with the law or exercise their rights under it. It becomes ironic whenour legal language which is part of a system designed ?for the people, by the peopleand of the people is understood least of all by those it King Edward IIIis reported to have ordered lawyers to use English in the courtroom to cure theproblem of citizens ?
1 Moore ?Short and plain statements: a pleading for plain language in legal writing” (1985) Southern University Law Review 47 at 48. 2 Ibid at 51. 3 Krongold ?Writing laws: making them easier to understand” (1992) Ottawa Law Review 495 at
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