Policy Memo “The complexity of legal acts in Russia: Lexical and Syntactical quality of texts” (R.Kuchakov, D.Saveliev)
Denis Savel'ev, Ruslan Kuchakov
Quantitative legal studies
Using the methods of computational linguistics, we analyzed the dynamics of changes in the lexical and syntactic quality of legal acts. In this study we conclude that in Russia there is a deterioration in the quality of texts of federal and regional legal acts — a drop in lexical diversity, more complicated structure of sentences. This trend has intensified in recent years. The most complex sentences are produced by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, as well as by the financial authorities.
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