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Give or do when you make a contract, for example.Mr Thorpe: You lawyers have a language all of your own! Mr Mansfield: Yes, it can be confusing. Any other questions? Mr Thorpe: Well, yes, there is. Urn, there's something I've Always wanted to know - could you explain why these provisions are so incredibly difficult to understand? I mean, the subject matter itself isn't too difficult. It's fairly logical, after all. But the way it's written... That's another story. Mr Mansfield: Well, that's what's known as 'legalese', the Special style of language used in legal documents. It can be pretty hard to penetrate, I'm afraid. Mr Thorpe: But I'm reasonably well educated and I'm an experienced businessman. You'd think I'd be able to Understand something written for the purpose of conducting business without difficulty, wouldn't you? In my opinion, there's something wrong when texts are too difficult for the Majority of people who have to deal with them to Understand. Mr Mansfield: Then you'd agree with the Plain Language Movement. Mr Thorpe: What's that? Mr Mansfield: That's a school of thought that believes that legal Documents - actually, documents of all kinds - should be Written so that you can understand them easily the first time You read them. The way they see it, when it comes to legal Texts, people are entitled to understand the documents that Bind them or state their rights. Mr Thorpe: As far as I'm concerned, that's very sensible. Mr Mansfield: It is, I agree. And I think the idea is becoming Increasingly popular. Many organisations and jurisdictions Already recommend plain-language principles. And many Legal writing courses at universities stress the merits of Plain language. Mr Thorpe: But there's still a long way to go ... Mr Mansfield: There are always those who resist change. And The language of law is, by its very nature, inherently Conservative. In the law, texts have authority, language has authority, and there's often a long tradition behind them. So You can understand a certain tendency to want to preserve Old habits of speaking and writing. Mr Thorpe: Yes, that may be true. To my mind, the fact that the Language of the law is so difficult for non-lawyers makes us all need the services of lawyers more - as interpreters! Unit 4 Listening1 Part I Good evening, everyone. It's good to see that so many of you Were able to attend my presentation this evening. Some of you May know me already, but allow me to introduce myself. My name's Adrian Crawford. I'm with the Mergers and Acquisitions department of our firm. Right. As you know, I'll be speaking About acquisitions this evening, specifically about a range of Issues connected with acquisitions which are particularly relevant for business owners like yourselves. I'm going to tell you about the process you're about to begin and what awaits You. Please feel free to interrupt me at any time, should you Have any questions. Right, at this point, I'd like to give you a short overview of my presentation. I'm going to start with a few comments on how Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1344
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