What does the future hold for legalese

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.131.59057

Keywords:

, legalese, plain English, legal discourse, legal writing, law

Abstract

Specific features of the English legal discourse and trends of its transformationin the context of global challenges have been considered in the paper

Author Biographies

І. А. Cемьонкіна, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine, Kharkov

Аssociate Professor, Associate Professor, candidate of Psychological Sciences candidate of Philological Sciences Foreign Languages Department №1

О. О. Ходаковська, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine, Kharkov

Аssociate Professor, Associate Professor, candidate of Psychological Sciences candidate of Philological Sciences Foreign Languages Department №1

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Published

2016-01-26

How to Cite

Cемьонкіна І. А., & Ходаковська, О. О. (2016). What does the future hold for legalese. Problems of Legality, (131), 176–183. https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.131.59057

Issue

No. 131 (2015)

Section

LINGUISTIC SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

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