I imagine that few Duke students have spent much time thinking about the rule of law or worrying about its potential demise. After all, Duke students are almost always law-abiding citizens that, for ...

A new study on 'legalese' suggests this convoluted language acts to convey a sense of authority in legal documents. The researchers also found that even non-lawyers use legalese when asked to write ...

Legal documents are notoriously difficult to understand, even for lawyers. This raises the question: Why are these documents written in a style that makes them so impenetrable? MIT cognitive ...