In a recently published article, Reflecting on the Language of Death, Professor Deborah S. Gordon writes about the difficulty of discerning intent from testamentary documents.
Gordon examines how these documents might be written differently. Specifically, her article "explores the advantages and pitfalls of infusing wills with expressive language." Although scholars generally ignore the role of expressive and individualized language in wills, Gordon's article takes seriously the ways such language might "enhance the meaning and significance of transactional documents, such as wills."
Posted by Kyle Petit, Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.
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