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Simplification of Legal Language as a Way to Expand Society's Access to Justice

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This article, of a bibliographic nature, discusses the relationship between Law and language, with the purpose of highlighting the simplification of legal language as a way of expanding society's access to justice, especially lay society, which does not dominate the linguistic resources employed in the legal field. Understanding the content expressed through legal language is one of the conditions for guaranteeing access and effective fundamental rights for all citizens. To this end, it is necessary to adopt measures that enable the lay citizen to exercise citizenship through access to justice. Finally, it is understood that promoting reflection on the simplification of legal language is a way of bringing Law closer to society and fundamentally a way of democratizing access to justice.

Source: International Journal for Innovation Education and Research

DOI: 10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss10.3418

Authors: Marcio Jean Malheiros Mendes, Amanda Karoline Schmitz Mendes, Antonio Escandiel de Souza, Fabio Cesar Junges, Ana Cristina Mendes, Laura Zimmermann de Souza

Institution: University of Cruz Alta

Language: English

Topic: Legal Language and Interpretation

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3217618076

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