I should add that despite what people here are saying, the complexity of the wording is usually driven by legal requirements, not a desire to confuse people.
I emphatically disagree. In https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23566627 I take a sample from Apple's privacy policy that is written at a college reading level, and show how a rewrite can say more, in less words, while being readable at a grade 7 level.
This is merely an example illustrating that the vast majority of complexity in legal documents is driven by lawyers trying to look smart and not caring how impenetrable their prose is.
I emphatically disagree. In https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23566627 I take a sample from Apple's privacy policy that is written at a college reading level, and show how a rewrite can say more, in less words, while being readable at a grade 7 level.
This is merely an example illustrating that the vast majority of complexity in legal documents is driven by lawyers trying to look smart and not caring how impenetrable their prose is.