The role of legal translation in legal harmonization / edited by C.J.W. Baaij. - Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International , 2012. - xviii, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Primarily papers presented at the conference,'The Role of Legal Translation in Legal Harmonization', organized in Amsterdam on 21 January 2011, by the Amsterdam Circle for Law & Language (ACLL) and the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL).--Page xvii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index.

The Significance of Legal Translation for Legal Harmonization / Cornelis J.W. Baaij -- Legal Harmonization Through Legal Translation : Texts that Say the Same Thing? / Ingemar Strandvik --'Co-revision' : Legal-Linguistic Revision in the European Union'Co-decision' Process / Manuela Guggeis and William Robinson -- Coping with the Challenges of Legal Translation in Harmonization / Susan Sarcevic -- A Dictionary for Legal Translation / Marta Chroma -- The Influence of Problems of Legal Translation on Comparative Law Research / Gerard-Rene de Groot -- Understanding Legal Languages : Linguistic Concerns of the Comparative Lawyer / Jaakko Husa -- English as a Legal Lingua Franca in the EU Multilingual Context / Barbara Pozzo -- Conclusions / Cornelis J.W. Baaij.

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