Visualisation of Legal Content in Easy Language Texts

Legal knowledge has always been imparted through the spoken or written word (Röhl/Ulbrich 2007: 12). This is mainly because verbal language, due to its accuracy, clarity, unambiguity and ability for reasoning, is best suited to dealing with the abstract and, at the same time, complex subject that is law (cf. Bergmans 2009: 4 f.). However, when it comes to communicating legal structures, through which the content often first becomes accessible, even the best texts and presentations reach their limits. They often cannot exhibit the legal structures but can only describe them in a linear manner (ibid.: 7).