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Legislative Clarity

Legislative Clarity is a legislative quality construct that characterizes the extent to which statutory language is precise, unambiguous, and readily interpretable by its intended audience, thereby minimizing divergent understandings of legal obligations and permissions.

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2017–2026

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The Evolution of Legislative Jurisdictions

Frank R. Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones, Michael MacLeod · The Journal of Politics · 2000 · 211 citations

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CLARITY AND WORD ORDER IN LEGISLATION

Dennis Kurzon · Oxford Journal of Legal Studies · 1985 · 47 citations

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Science, Politics, Law and the Arc of the Clean Water Act: The Role of Assumptions in the Adoption of a Pollution Control Landmark

Robert L. Glicksman, Matthew R. Batzel · Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis) · 2009 · 23 citations · Full text

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'THE NECESSITY MUST BE CONVINCINGLY SHOWN TO EXIST': STANDARDS FOR COMPULSORY TREATMENT FOR MENTAL DISORDER UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983

Medical Law Review · 2011 · 23 citations · Full text

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Doing the Rules: An Assessment of the Federal Clarity Act in light of the Quebec Secession Reference

Patrick J. Monahan · 2000 · 22 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Bryan D. Jones

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    1 publications · 211 citations

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    Frank R. Baumgartner

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    1 publications · 211 citations

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  3. AM
    Ann Mumford

    Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. MR
    Matthew R. Batzel

    George Washington University, United States

    1 publications · 23 citations

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    Michael MacLeod

    Scotland's Rural College, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 211 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    211 citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    211 citations

  3. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  4. Compass Technology Group (United States)

    Roswell, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    211 citations

  5. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. Court of Appeal

    Chatuchak, Thailand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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  2. Medical Law Review

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  3. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 1 publications · 211 citations

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

    1 publications · 47 citations

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