> what advantage is there in keeping the obtuse language? Because if a new legal vocabulary was introduced, I would now have to read contracts in both "old leg

> what advantage is there in keeping the obtuse language? Because if a new legal vocabulary was introduced, I would now have to read contracts in both "old legalese" and "new legalese". I don't think it really matters how clearly contracts are written or how simple the language is; most people won't read them anyway.