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Why do they want to write this sort of stuff in stuffy 19-th century pseudo-legalese? Cant they just have a plain speech normal copy and let this be translated
by twelvechairs 15y ago
Why do they want to write this sort of stuff in stuffy 19-th century pseudo-legalese?
Cant they just have a plain speech normal copy and let this be translated into proper referenced legal documents (for various jurisdictions) by people who know what they are doing?
- JumpCrisscross 15y ago'Legalese' isn't just obfuscated English. It's very precise English designed to smoothly interface with the entire corpus of law. Since Redditors were trying to draft a bill it seems appropriate.
- twelvechairs 15y agoLooking at the various Reddit pages, I assumed this was not just for the USA. Words have different legal meanings in different legal environments. Having said that, some of the contributors (and yourself assumedly) seem to feel the opposite.
- JumpCrisscross 15y agoOh - I assumed it was. A draft bill for no house of law is sort of pointless. More effective may have been a memo for legislators defining the minimum requirements for a country to have "Internet freedom".
- georgieporgie 15y agoContracts and laws can be written in simple language, despite what some may claim. However, doing so will require them to be longer.