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Law, Language and Translation : From Concepts to Conflicts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SpringerBriefs in Law SeriesPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (105 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319142715
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Law, Language and TranslationDDC classification:
  • 340.14
LOC classification:
  • K201-487
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Theoretical Concepts -- 2.1 Preliminary Observations -- 2.2 Introductory Topics: From Theory to Theme -- 2.3 Concepts and Definitions -- 2.4 Materials and Methods -- 2.5 A Comparative Thematic Approach -- 2.6 Conceptual Meaning: Indeterminacy and `Subsumption' -- 2.7 Validity in Interpretation and Hermeneutics -- References -- 3 Definitions and Applications -- 3.1 Functions and Contexts -- 3.2 Legal Discourse: `Obstruction of Justice' -- 3.3 Lexicography and Translation -- 3.4 Conceptual Lexicon: Liberty, Crime and Felony -- 3.5 Hierarchy in Meaning: `Rule' -- 3.6 International Legal English -- 3.7 Plain English, Law and Literature -- References -- 4 A Global Crime and World Hunger -- 4.1 Cattle Stealing: Europe and the Greek Myth -- 4.2 Legends of the Wild West -- 4.3 South of the Border: More Languages, More Laws -- 4.3.1 Messing with Texas: Rustling and Ranching -- 4.4 Duffing Down-Under: Australia and New Zealand -- 4.5 Africa and Jamaica: Blood Compensation and Machetes -- 4.6 India: Holy Cows -- References -- 5 Conflicts and Clashes -- 5.1 Concepts and Crimes -- 5.2 `Possessions' and Colonial Conquest -- 5.3 Clashes of Cultures: Signs, Symbols, Symptoms -- 5.4 Ethnic Cleansing: Aborigines and the Law -- 5.5 Defining `Genocide' and `Democracy' in Africa -- 5.6 Translation: Ethics, Culture and Ideology -- 5.7 Transactions and Diplomacy: China and Hong Kong -- 5.8 Europe and Beyond: No Translation, No War -- 5.8.1 Germany and Austria: The Congress of Vienna -- 5.8.2 First World War Manifesto -- 5.9 Conflict Areas: Geographic Boundaries -- References -- 6 Manipulating Treaties -- 6.1 Intranational Treaties: Maori and New Zealand -- 6.2 The Trail of Broken Treaties and North-American Indians -- 6.3 Conflicting Interpretations: East Africa.
6.4 Concluding Remarks -- References.
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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Theoretical Concepts -- 2.1 Preliminary Observations -- 2.2 Introductory Topics: From Theory to Theme -- 2.3 Concepts and Definitions -- 2.4 Materials and Methods -- 2.5 A Comparative Thematic Approach -- 2.6 Conceptual Meaning: Indeterminacy and `Subsumption' -- 2.7 Validity in Interpretation and Hermeneutics -- References -- 3 Definitions and Applications -- 3.1 Functions and Contexts -- 3.2 Legal Discourse: `Obstruction of Justice' -- 3.3 Lexicography and Translation -- 3.4 Conceptual Lexicon: Liberty, Crime and Felony -- 3.5 Hierarchy in Meaning: `Rule' -- 3.6 International Legal English -- 3.7 Plain English, Law and Literature -- References -- 4 A Global Crime and World Hunger -- 4.1 Cattle Stealing: Europe and the Greek Myth -- 4.2 Legends of the Wild West -- 4.3 South of the Border: More Languages, More Laws -- 4.3.1 Messing with Texas: Rustling and Ranching -- 4.4 Duffing Down-Under: Australia and New Zealand -- 4.5 Africa and Jamaica: Blood Compensation and Machetes -- 4.6 India: Holy Cows -- References -- 5 Conflicts and Clashes -- 5.1 Concepts and Crimes -- 5.2 `Possessions' and Colonial Conquest -- 5.3 Clashes of Cultures: Signs, Symbols, Symptoms -- 5.4 Ethnic Cleansing: Aborigines and the Law -- 5.5 Defining `Genocide' and `Democracy' in Africa -- 5.6 Translation: Ethics, Culture and Ideology -- 5.7 Transactions and Diplomacy: China and Hong Kong -- 5.8 Europe and Beyond: No Translation, No War -- 5.8.1 Germany and Austria: The Congress of Vienna -- 5.8.2 First World War Manifesto -- 5.9 Conflict Areas: Geographic Boundaries -- References -- 6 Manipulating Treaties -- 6.1 Intranational Treaties: Maori and New Zealand -- 6.2 The Trail of Broken Treaties and North-American Indians -- 6.3 Conflicting Interpretations: East Africa.

6.4 Concluding Remarks -- References.

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