CFP - Plain Legal English

1. 3. and Drawbacks of Plain Legal English

CFP

Special issue of the International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse on Plain Legal English

The topics envisaged for discussion include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Plain English in the system of justice (e.g. for the solution of disputes)
• Popularisation of law via plain English texts
• Benefits and drawbacks of plain English vs legalese
• Challenges ahead in the use of plain legal English
• Applications of plain English in bureaucracy: utopia or fact?
• Future scenarios in the use of plain English vs legalese
• Plain legal English and digitalisation
• Plain legal English in multi-cultural settings
• Plain English and LELF (Legal English as a Lingua Franca)
• When plain legal English divides instead of unifying (and/or vice-versa)
• Is plain legal English discriminative or inclusive?
• Plain legal language: challenges for the EU
• Plain language and legal translation

The papers must be in English.

Editors:

Patrizia Giampieri (patrizia.giampieri@unicam.it)

Vanessa Leonardi (vanessa.leonardi@uniroma1.it)

Please send your abstract (300-500 words) to the Editors by 15/10/2023.

Notifications of acceptance within 4 weeks from submission