Translation issues in language and law
By: edited by Frances Olsen, Alexander Lorz, and Dieter Stein.
Contributors: Olsen, Frances E.; Lorz, Alexander.; Stein, Dieter, 1946-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780230203501
Subjects: Law -- Language -- Congresses; Law -- Translating -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "This volume represents a selection of papers from the International Conference on Language and Law at Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Germany, in May 2006,  jointly organized by the University of California at Los Angeles Law School, Heinrich-Heine-University University Law School and the Department of English Language and Linguistics"--Preface[?]

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Legal cultures, legal languages; title: Language as a barrier to comparative law; title: Statutory interpretation in the eu: the Augustinian approach; title: Globalizing trends in legal discourse; title: The status and position of legal translation: a chapter in the discursive construction of societies; title: Translation at the Court of Justice of the European Communities; title: Drafting or translation - production of multilingual legal texts; title: Legal translation in Canada. the genius of legal language(s); title: Pitfalls of English as a contract language; title: Isomorphism and anisomorphism in the translation of legal texts; title: Translation as a dynamic model in the development of; title: The Burundi constitution(s).