Legal Discourse Across Cultures and Systems - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9622098525 ISBN 13: 9789622098527

Casa editrice: Hong Kong Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

What exactly is legal about legal language? What happens to legal language when it is used across linguistic, national, socio-political, cultural, and legal systems? In what way is generic integrity of legal documents maintained in multilingual and multicultural legal contexts? What happens when the same rule of law is applied across legal systems? By bringing together scholars and practitioners from more than ten countries, representing various jurisdictions, languages, and socio-political backgrounds, this book addresses these key issues arising from the differences in legal or sociocultural systems. The discussions are based not only on the analysis of the legal texts alone, but also on the factors shaping such constructions and interpretations. Given the increasing international need for accurate and authoritative translation and use of legal documents, this important volume has considerable contemporary relevance in a globalized economy. It will appeal to discourse analysts, commercial consultants, legal trainers, translators, and applied researchers in professional communication, especially in the field of legal writing and languages for specific purposes.

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L'autore:

Vijay K. Bhatia is Professor in the Department of English and Communication, City University of Hong Kong. Christopher N. Candlin is Senior Research Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University. Jan Engberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Business Communication, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.

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• Editore: Hong Kong Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9622098525
• ISBN 13: 9789622098527
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 340
• Redattore: Bhatia Vijay K., Candlin Christopher N., Engberg Jan