California Adopts 'Plain-English' Civil Jury Instructions
Judicature › Vol. 87 Nbr. 6, May 2004
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Culminating a six-year effort by jury instruction task force, the Judicial Council of California adopted plain-English instructions and a new Rule of Court declaring them the official instructions for the state and strongly encouraging their use. While these are not the first plain-English instructions in the nation, they are significant advance in the jury process since California has the country's largest court system.
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California Adopts 'Plain-English' Civil Jury Instructions
California has entered a new era of "plain-English" civil jury instructions. Culminating a six-year effort by a jury instruction task force, the judicial Council of California adopted plain-English instructions and a new Rule of Court declaring them the official instructions for the state and strongly encouraging their use. While these are not the first plain-English instructions in the nation, they are a significant advance in the jury process since ...
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