Shallow equality and symbolic jurisprudence in multilingual legal orders

This text offers a critical perspective to the proliferation of official multilingualism in the contemporary world. Through diachronic and synchronic comparisons, it shows that official multilingualism has become a norm in the political management of linguistic diversity, but actual practices vary a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Leung, Janny H. C., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press 2019.
Colección:Oxford studies in language and law.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009842837206719
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  • Introduction. Language and Law in the Whirlpool of Politics
  • Chapter One. Tracing Linguistic Management through Time: Law as a Lens
  • <strong>Chapter Two.</strong> Mapping a Global Phenomenon: The Spectacle of Official Multilingualism
  • <strong>Chapter Three.</strong> How Official Multilingualism Works: A Symbolic Jurisprudence
  • <strong>Chapter Four.</strong> Institutionalizing Multilingualism: Watchdogs on a Leash and the Bureaucratic Trap
  • <strong>Chapter Five.</strong> Creating Multilingual Legal Texts: Domination and Dependence
  • <strong>Chapter Six.</strong> Interpreting Multilingual Legislation: The Limits of Language and the Certainty of Uncertainty
  • <strong>Chapter Seven.</strong> Conferring Official Language Rights in Legal Communication: Access to Justice and Conflict of Laws
  • <strong>Chapter Eight.</strong> Concluding Remarks on Linguistic Equality, Strategic Pluralism and Linguistic Justice.