The US really does lag behind on this one; the push for plain English was phenomenally more successful in other Anglophone common law jurisdictions. Having pra

The US really does lag behind on this one; the push for plain English was phenomenally more successful in other Anglophone common law jurisdictions. Having practised as a lawyer in one of them, I can confirm much contemporary American legal writing seems absurd and even comical. There’s something amateurish about it; like a layman trying to ad-lib some law talk at a party by cobbling together some obscure law terms he’s overheard. “The first party of the aforementioned party - THIS PART IS IN CAPS - will henceforth wheretofore undertake that by no later than St Swithen’s Day - MORE CAPS MEANS MORE LAW - ”