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Easy-to-read legal texts as a means of FACILITATING the cognitive accessibility of legal language
ISSN: 2603 - 4735
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Easy-to-read legal texts as a means of FACILITATING the cognitive accessibility of legal language
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ICC-0902
Publisher: St. Cyril And St. Methodius University Press
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IAA.ZONE/2603119104735
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Abstract
The aim of this article is to examine the easy-to-read legal texts as a means of facilitating the cognitive accessibility of legal language. We begin our study by presenting the characteristics that make the legal language difficult to understand for its addressees non-jurists. Later, the applicability of easy-to-read version to different types of legal texts is considered. Finally, the author proposes a set of practical guidelines on the application of this method in the field of use of the legal language, which are illustrated with examples of foreign experience in thе area.
