Easy-to-read legal texts as a means of FACILITATING
the cognitive accessibility of legal language
Authors:
Radomira
Videva
International Courses of the University of Salamanca, Spain
Pages:
261-
270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/ECUQ7694
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.
Keywords:
legal language; cognitive accessibility; easy-to-read legal texts
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