Multilingual Law: A Framework for Analysis and Understanding (Law, Language and Communication) - Hardcover

Robertson, Colin D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1409421880 ISBN 13: 9781409421887

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This book introduces and explores the concept of multilingual law. Providing an overview as to what is 'multilingual law', the study establishes a new discourse based on this concept, which has hitherto lacked recognition for reasons of complexity and multidisciplinarity. The need for such a discourse now exists and is becoming urgent in view of the progress being made towards European integration and the legal and factual foundation for it in multilingualism and multilingual legislation.

Covering different types of multilingual legal orders and their distinguishing features, as well as the basic structure of legal systems, the author studies policy formation, drafting, translation, revision, terminology and computer tools in connection with the legislative and judicial processes.

Bringing together a range of diverse legal and linguistic ideas under one roof, this book is of importance to legal-linguists, drafters and translators, as well as students and scholars of legal linguistics, legal translation and revision.

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About the Author

Colin Robertson is a member of the Law Society of Scotland and worked for many years as legal-linguistic expert on EC and EU legislative texts at the Council of the European Union, Brussels. He has published on issues related to law and language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409421880
• ISBN 13: 9781409421887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292