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{{a|drafting|}}A bedfellow to the more famous [[efficient market hypothesis]], {{Efficient language hypothesis capsule}}.
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*''[[A Manual of Style For the Drafting of Contracts]]'' — a masterwork dedicated to the fastidious, clear, simple, plain, brisk and concise drafting and subsequent (or precedent) [[negotiation]] [[and/or]] preparation thereof of contractual and quasi-contractual obligations in written (including [[for the avoidance of doubt]] electronic) form [[howsoever]] and wheresoever described, [[as amended from time to time]], [[for the time being]], which time shall for the avoidance of doubt and [[without limitation]] be and be [[deemed]] to be, [[Time is of the essence|of the essence]].
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A bedfellow to the more famous efficient market hypothesis, the JC’s efficient language hypothesis states that the universally acknowledged advantages in efficiency, clarity, brevity and productivity offered by simple, clear and plain legal drafting are so compelling that sustained prolixity is impossible in commercial contracts, and all bilateral accords will eventually resolve themselves to, at most, terse bullet points rendered on a cocktail napkin, and ideally some kind of mark-up language or machine code. This, the JC goes on to conclude, must mean that the commercial world we appear to live in is just a bad dream..

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