> Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Terms and Conditions with a twist > > In the UK there is a campaign to make legal contracts simpler to > understand. > See:- > > http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/ > they have a list of guides available here:- > http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/guides.htm > > and a software tool for inspecting websites. > http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/DrivelDefence.html >
The Plain English Campaign is in fact a commercial plain language consultancy. It has great publicity and does a lot to raise awareness of the need for plain language, but it did not invent plain language in the UK and it has competitors, most notably the Plain Language Commission http://www.clearest.co.uk/ In the US, the most authoritative source is www.plainlanguage.gov I've had trouble accessing this web site recently. There's a great group called Clarity which primarily lawyers who are interested in plain language, but has open membership and remarkably low dues considering the quality of its journal. US$25 per annum. http://www.clarity-international.net/ There is also Plain Language International (PLAIN), with lots of representation from the US and Canada and worldwide membership. PLAIN has a conference every other year; the next one is in Sydney, Australia, in 2009, October 15 - 17, 2009 Best Caroline Jarrett. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
