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What Could Be Gained In Translation: Legal Language And Lawyer-Linguists In A Globalized World, Samantha Hargitt Jan 2013

What Could Be Gained In Translation: Legal Language And Lawyer-Linguists In A Globalized World, Samantha Hargitt

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Translation and interpretation have long played a vital role in many legal contexts, from providing equal rights to defendants to facilitating mutual understanding among the members of the United Nations. Legal language, though, is incredibly complex and even faithfully equivalent translations can fail to meet the high standards required for operation in international legal contexts, where a lack of understanding over a single term could mean the difference between a material and non-material breach in a treaty or transnational contract. Branches of linguistics, such as comparative legal linguistics and forensic linguistics, study the characteristics and functions of legal language across …


The Transnational Corporation In History: Lessons For Today?, Janet Mclean Apr 2004

The Transnational Corporation In History: Lessons For Today?, Janet Mclean

Indiana Law Journal

This is the revised text of the George P. Smith, II Lecture delivered at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington on April 4, 2003.


Forum Non Conveniens And The Foreign Forum: A Defense Perspective, C. Ryan Reetz, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga Jan 2004

Forum Non Conveniens And The Foreign Forum: A Defense Perspective, C. Ryan Reetz, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Globalization And Governance: The Prospects For Democracy, Sir David Williams David Q. C. Jan 2003

Globalization And Governance: The Prospects For Democracy, Sir David Williams David Q. C.

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Globalization and Governance: The Prospects for Democracy, Symposium


Women And Globalization: The Failure And Postmodern Possibilities Of International Law, Barbara Stark Jan 2000

Women And Globalization: The Failure And Postmodern Possibilities Of International Law, Barbara Stark

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article examines the role of international law, particularly human rights law, as it relates to the process of globalization and its effects on women. Initially, the Article sets the stage by describing the course of globalization and the dramatic impact it has had on the world economy. The Author next examines the multiple and contradictory consequences of globalization for women.

The Article approaches this analysis from two perspectives. First, from a 'classic perspective," the Author contends that international law is the only legal system with the potential to regulate the principal agents of globalization--multinational corporations, banks and investment firms, …