
Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts of Legislation
An International Perspective
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 23. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 290 pages
978-3-631-39855-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is one of the outcomes of the project Generic Integrity of Legislative Discourse in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts, which analyses international arbitration laws written in different languages and used across legal systems. It documents the development of legal frameworks of a range of diverse countries, highlighting in particular not only the diversity of their legislative frameworks, processes and procedures, but more importantly those socio-political, economic, cultural and linguistic influences which have a significant role to play in the development of legal frameworks, thus providing a crucial backdrop for our understanding of legal language in the global context.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Frankfurt a.M.
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
num. tables
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-39855-5 (9783631398555)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
The Editors: Vijay Bhatia is Professor in the Department of English and Communication at the City University of Hong Kong.
Christopher Candlin is Senior Research Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Division of Linguistics & Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney.
Jan Engberg is Associate Professor for Language for Specific Purposes and Translation in the Department of German at the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.
Anna Trosborg is Professor of English at the Aarhus School of Business in Denmark.
Christopher Candlin is Senior Research Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Division of Linguistics & Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney.
Jan Engberg is Associate Professor for Language for Specific Purposes and Translation in the Department of German at the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.
Anna Trosborg is Professor of English at the Aarhus School of Business in Denmark.
Content
Contents: Historical & Socio-Political Context - Legal System - Socio-Historical Development - Constitutional Development - Sources of Law - Legal Instruments - Drafting Process - Translation of Legislation - International Commercial Arbitration - Socio-Political, Economic or Legal Issues.