Screen LibraryIncomprehensible! : a study of how our legal system encourages incomprehensibility, why it matters, and what we can do about it /
The legal system is awash with excessive and incomprehensible information. Yet many of us assume that the unrelenting torrent of information pouring into various legal programs is both inevitable and unstoppable. We have become complacent; but it does not have to be this way. Incomprehensible! argue...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The legal system is awash with excessive and incomprehensible information. Yet many of us assume that the unrelenting torrent of information pouring into various legal programs is both inevitable and unstoppable. We have become complacent; but it does not have to be this way. Incomprehensible! argues that surrendering to incomprehensibility is a bad mistake. Drawing together evidence from diverse fields such as consumer protection, financial regulation, patents, chemical control, and administrative and legislative processes, this book identifies a number of important legal programs that are built on the foundational assumption that 'more information is better'. Each of these legal processes have been designed in ways that ignore the imperative of meaningful communication. To rectify this systemic problem, the law must be re-designed to pay careful attention to the problem of incomprehensibility. |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-336) and index. |
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9781107400887 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 1107400880 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9781107008472 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 1107008476 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9781108639569 (electronic book) 1108639569 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | KF425 |
| CLC: | D971.2 |
| Call Number: | D971.2/W135 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Modeling comprehension asymmetries -- The implications of comprehension asymmetries for the law -- Comprehension asymmetries and consumer protection law -- Comprehension asymmetries in financial regulation -- Comprehension asymmetries in the law of patents -- Comprehension asymmetries in chemical regulation -- Comprehension asymmetries in administrative process -- Comprehension asymmetries in legislative processes -- A blueprint for reform. |