Plain Language and Style

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1. Clarity - An international association promoting plain legal language,
   http://www.clarity-international.net/
2. Peter Butt, Modern legal drafting: a guide to using clearer language
   3rd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013)
   K 94 B88 2013
3. Joseph Kimble, Writing for dollars, writing to please: the case for plain language in business, government, and law
   (Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2012)
   KF 250 K535 2012
4. Michèle M. Asprey, Plain language for lawyers
   4th ed. (Sydney : Federation Press, 2010)
   K 94 A86 2010
5. Annetta L. Cheek, Melodee Mercer, and Karen Schriver, "The research basis of plain language techniques: implications for established standards"
   Clarity 63:26-33 (May 2010)
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6. donalee Moulton, "Plain language movement gain steam"
   Lawyer's Weekly 28(40):? (March 6, 2009)
   NEWS L46    SFX link resolver    LexisNexis
7. Nelson Pierce Miller, "Why Prolixity Does Not Produce Clarity: Francis Lieber on Plain Language"
   Scribes Journal of Legal Writing 11:107 (2007)
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8. Noemi LoPinto, "Plain language movement extends to law firms"
   Lawyer's Weekly 26(21):20-1 (October 6, 2006)
   NEWS L46    SFX link resolver    LexisNexis
9. M.S. Wogalter et al., "On the adequacy of legal documents: factors that influence informed consent"
   Ergonomics 42(4):593-613 (Apr 1999)
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10. Christine Mowat, A plain language handbook for legal writers
    (Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1998)
    KF 250 M68 1998
11. Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for lawyers,
    4th ed. (Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 1998)
    KF 250 W84 1998
12. Robert C. Dick, Legal drafting in plain language,
    3rd ed. (Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1995)
    KF 250 D49 1995
13. The Plain Language Institute of British Columbia, "Presentation to Law Students, University of Victoria, 1993"
    in John N. Davis, Legal drafting (Toronto: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2001)
    KF 250 L044A 2001-02
14. M. Masson and M.A. Waldron, "Comprehension of Legal Contracts by Non-Experts: Effectiveness of Plain Language Redrafting"
    Applied Cognitive Psychology 8(1):67-85 (Feb 1994)
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15. Sir Ernest Gowers, The complete plain words, a reconstruction of ... [the author's] two previous books, Plain words and ABC of plain words
    (London: H.M.S.O., 1973)
    PE 1421 G592 1973 (Reference)

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