RE: [PEN-L:28795] Re: RE: Expertise ----- Original Message ----- From: Devine, James To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: [PEN-L:28804] RE: Re: RE: Expertise
Justin writes: >Legalese is awful. It's not even English. But there were striitings in America to make it more like English quite a while ago. The Legal realists, like Jerome Frank and Thurman Arnold, were quite good writers, following in the manner of their master Justice Holmes, who was a great writer. Judge Posner is a follower here, and a fine writer himself.< It's good to see that Posner makes up for his normal reactionary attitude by embracing good prose. But my point is that the main victory has been for every day folks to force the legal profession to use "plain English" in more & more legal documents. JD ================== "Could you please describe in plain English the curtailment of my liberties?" Ian
