Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

International Law

Treaties

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Publication Year

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Law

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 …


Government To State: Globalization, Regulation, And Governments As Legal Persons, Janet Mclean Jan 2003

Government To State: Globalization, Regulation, And Governments As Legal Persons, Janet Mclean

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Globalization and Governance: The Prospects for Democracy, Symposium


Globalization And The United States Constitution: How Much Can It Accommodate, James M. Boyers Apr 1998

Globalization And The United States Constitution: How Much Can It Accommodate, James M. Boyers

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.