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Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent

Doctoral Dissertations

What do community interpreting for the Deaf in western societies, conference interpreting for the European Parliament, and language brokering in international management have in common? Academic research and professional training have historically emphasized the linguistic and cognitive challenges of interpreting, neglecting or ignoring the social aspects that structure communication. All forms of interpreting are inherently social; they involve relationships among at least three people and two languages. The contexts explored here, American Sign Language/English interpreting and spoken language interpreting within the European Parliament, show that simultaneous interpreting involves attitudes, norms and values about intercultural communication that overemphasize information and discount …

Panel One: Information Issues: Intellectual Property, Privacy, Integrity, Interoperability, And The Economics Of Information, Anne W. Branscomb, Brian Kahin, Ellen M. Kirsh, P. Michael Nugent, Fred H. Cate

Federal Communications Law Journal

The first panel of From Conduit to Content: The Emergence of Information Policy and Law examines the wide range of legal and regulatory issues presented by information, including intellectual property, privacy, free expression, liability for false or damaging expression, interoperability, international trade, antitrust, and government investment in and provision of information. Participants include Anne W. Branscomb, Fred H. Cate, Brian Kahin, Ellen M. Kirsh, and P. Michael Nugent.

From Conduit to Content: The Emergence of Information Policy and Law. The Annenberg Washington Program. Friday, March 3 1995, Washington, D.C.

Libel And Slander - Defamation Of Attorney - Words Not Actionable Per Se, Roy L. Steinheimer Jr.

Michigan Law Review

The defendant, during the course of a public address, said of the plaintiff, an attorney: "They are throwing the bum out. The politicians . . . pick up a bum in a gin mill and send him over here to break up the audiences . . . . " Plaintiff alleges that, by innuendo, these words charge him with being a habitual drunkard, which constitutes slander per se because the words prejudiced him in his profession. Held, that the words were not actionable per se. Weidberg v. La Guardia, 170 Misc. 374, 10 N. Y. S. (2d) 445 …