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Investigating the Impact of Simplified Statutory laws to Expedite Justice in Pakistan
Abstract
This study endeavors to simplify the statutory laws to make the speedy court trials in Pakistan. In this regard, the linguistic adequacy of lawyers and law teachers regarding intelligibility and time spent on reading laws is examined. So the issue of convoluted nature of legal language playing a role of impeding the comprehension and requiring much time can resolve the issue of delayed justice. For this, two questionnaires were formulated comprising of statues with both versions followed by different items were distributed among the law practitioners and law teachers to gather the date. And then, data was quantitatively analyzed. The findings revealed a clear picture of impact of simplified statutory laws on law stakeholders ‘comprehension and time. Through this study, the relative impact of original and simplified statutory laws is systematically measured in Pakistani academic and occupational legal context and subsequently Plain English Language Movement is suggested.
Authors
Dr. Iram Rubab
Assistant Professor, Department of English, GC Women University Sialkot, Pakistan
Hafiz Muhammad Qasim
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, G.C. University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Kashif Javed
Lecturer, Department of Law, Lahore Leads University, Lahore, Pakistan
Keywords
Legal English, Plain English, Plain English Language Movement, language and law
