Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

Professor Beazley defines the concept of mandated communication statutes in this examination of typeface, language, and the mind's ability to comprehend certain syntax. This article has a simple premise: when a government mandates written communication, it should present the mandated communication in a way that speeds comprehension. When communication is so important that the government is mandating the words and the presentation method, the writer and not the reader should not bear the burden of making sure that the information is comprehensible. In other words, the reader should not have to work to decipher the information; the writer should work to make the information easy to comprehend. Professor Beazley discusses the difference between reading and seeing, how reading comprehension occurs, and what can be done to improve it.

Publication Citation

40 J. Legis. 1 (2014).

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