Abstract
This research determines the impact of plain English on legal
texts by making the comparison with the original legalese for
the legal discourse community of Pakistan. In this regard, the
linguistic competence of law practitioners and law teachers is
computed in terms of comprehension and time spent on reading
original and simplified versions of extracts of judicial
judgments. For this, two questionnaires were generated,
comprising of five extracts of civil judicial judgments with both
versions; for gathering the perceptions of lawyers and law
teachers. And, then data was systematically analyzed by
making relative impact of original and simplified versions of
judicial texts. The findings clearly revealed that the simplified
versions of judicial texts gained momentum in terms of time
saving and raising intelligibility among the participants. In light
of findings, Plain English Language Movement is suggested in
Pakistani legal and academic settings which can revolutionize
the legal system of Pakistan
Dr. Iram Rubab, Mamona Yasmin Khan , Dr. Tahira Asgher. (2020) Transformation of Legal Texts into Simplified Accounts to Make the Justice Accessible, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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