Originally Posted by
John Chardine
Correct Ulli but the onus should be on the lawyers to write text that serves the needs of the legal system but is also understandable and terse. That way people would be much more inclined to read the "fine print". This goes back to my earlier post about the writing lawyers churn out- my comment looked tongue-in-cheek but I was serious. Lawyers should be taught during their long years at university to write in terse, plain, understandable English (or whatever language is applies). I am absolutely convinced that it is possible to do this, while at the same time serving the needs of the legal system. This applies to everything from wills to contracts to insurance policies to mortgages, and on and on, and we the consumer should demand terse, plain, understandable language or the document does not get signed. This would bring commerce to a halt until things changed. Nothing short of a revolution is needed in this area. However, I can't see it happening any time soon.