In an era marked by processes of economic, political and legal
integration that are arguably unprecedented in their range and
impact, the translation of law has assumed a significance which it
would be hard to overstate. The following situations are typical. A
French law school is teaching French law in the English language to
foreign exchange students. Some US legal scholars are exploring the
possibility of developing a generic or transnational constitutional
law. German judges are referring to foreign law in a criminal case
involving an honour killing committed in Germany with a view to
ascertaining the relevance of religious prescriptions. European
lawyers are actively working on the creation of a common private
law to be translated into the 23 official languages of the European
Union. Since 2004, the World Bank has been issuing reports ranking
the attractiveness of different legal cultures for doing business.
All these examples raise in one way or the other the matter of
translation from a comparative legal perspective. Yet, in today s
globalised world where the need to communicate beyond borders
arises constantly in different guises, many comparatists continue
not to address the issue of translation. This edited collection of
essays brings together leading scholars from various cultural and
disciplinary backgrounds who draw on fields such as translation
studies, linguistics, literary theory, history, philosophy or
sociology with a view to promoting a heightened understanding of
the complex translational implications pertaining to comparative
law, understood both in its literal and metaphorical senses."
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2014 |
First published: |
2013 |
Editors: |
Simone Glanert
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-64270-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Law >
Jurisprudence & general issues >
Comparative law
|
LSN: |
0-415-64270-1 |
Barcode: |
9780415642705 |
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