Mike Madden, PhD
@mikemaddenlaw.bsky.social
PhD from uOttawa law | readability | tribunal member | vball and snowboarding coach
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Putting Numbers to Words: Measuring the Readability of Court and Administrative Tribunal Decisions in Canada
This inter-disciplinary law and linguistics dissertation empirically examines the quantitative readability levels of Canadian court and administrative tribunal decisions. It provides current, detailed...
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My PhD thesis is now available here: hdl.handle.net/10393/50767.
This research creates a new law-specific readability formula designed to measure how easily a person might understand a court or tribunal decision based on language properties in the decision.
This research creates a new law-specific readability formula designed to measure how easily a person might understand a court or tribunal decision based on language properties in the decision.
My PhD thesis is now available here: hdl.handle.net/10393/50767.
This research creates a new law-specific readability formula designed to measure how easily a person might understand a court or tribunal decision based on language properties in the decision.
This research creates a new law-specific readability formula designed to measure how easily a person might understand a court or tribunal decision based on language properties in the decision.
Putting Numbers to Words: Measuring the Readability of Court and Administrative Tribunal Decisions in Canada
This inter-disciplinary law and linguistics dissertation empirically examines the quantitative readability levels of Canadian court and administrative tribunal decisions. It provides current, detailed...
hdl.handle.net
August 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My PhD thesis is now available here: hdl.handle.net/10393/50767.
This research creates a new law-specific readability formula designed to measure how easily a person might understand a court or tribunal decision based on language properties in the decision.
This research creates a new law-specific readability formula designed to measure how easily a person might understand a court or tribunal decision based on language properties in the decision.
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CanLII is excited to announce the launch of a new Theses and Dissertations category within our legal commentary collection. Read more about how to access and contribute to this new subcollection on the CanLII blog: zurl.co/pGZcz (Version en français ici : zurl.co/qw5kb )
April 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
CanLII is excited to announce the launch of a new Theses and Dissertations category within our legal commentary collection. Read more about how to access and contribute to this new subcollection on the CanLII blog: zurl.co/pGZcz (Version en français ici : zurl.co/qw5kb )
Reposted by Mike Madden, PhD
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November 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Hey Ontario ever wish we didnt have to tap "I agree" to vague terms, buried opt-outs or sneaky AI profiling? Forthcoming regs under the Consumer Protection Act *could* protect digital consumers. Learn how with my @lco-cdo.bsky.social report & 32 law recommendations!
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Fascinating article looking at the readability of a massive set of contracts. Author critiques the common assumption that Americans only read at 8th grade level. And points out flaws with older readability formulas. Now published in J Empirical Legal Studies.
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The Readability of Contracts: Big Data Analysis
<p>The Plain Language Movement waged a silent revolution in the last generation, passing nearly 800 laws nationwide with little public debate. The movement asse
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November 25, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Fascinating article looking at the readability of a massive set of contracts. Author critiques the common assumption that Americans only read at 8th grade level. And points out flaws with older readability formulas. Now published in J Empirical Legal Studies.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I’m new here. I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. I’m studying the readability of Canadian court and tribunal decisions. I have created, and then applied, a law-specific readability formula on 1000s of decisions. An example of my earlier stuff is linked here.
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November 24, 2024 at 12:05 AM
I’m new here. I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. I’m studying the readability of Canadian court and tribunal decisions. I have created, and then applied, a law-specific readability formula on 1000s of decisions. An example of my earlier stuff is linked here.