New insights into the semantics of legal concepts and the legal dictionary / by Martina Bajcic, University of Rijeka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bajčić, Martina, author.

Series:

Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice (TLRP), 1388-8455 ; Volume 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Language.

Law.

Law--Lexicography.

Law--Terminology.

Law--Translating.

Law--European Union countries--Language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017.

Summary:

This book focuses on legal concepts from the dual perspective of law and terminology. While legal concepts frame legal knowledge and take center stage in law, the discipline of terminology has traditionally been about concept description. Exploring topics common to both disciplines such as meaning, conceptualization and specialized knowledge transfer, the book gives a state-of-the-art account of legal interpretation, legal translation and legal lexicography with special emphasis on EU law. The special give-and-take of law and terminology is illuminated by real-life legal cases which demystify the ways courts do things with concepts. This original approach to the semantics of legal concepts is then incorporated into the making of a legal dictionary, thus filling a gap in the theory and practice of legal lexicography. With its rich repertoire of examples of legal terms in different languages, the book provides a blend of theory and practice, making it a valuable resource not only for scholars of law, language and lexicography but also for legal translators and students.

Contents:

Terms, concepts and other conundrums

Investigating legal concepts, language and the law

(How) do courts do things with words?

Understanding EU legal concepts

Multilingualism and EU legal concepts

EU legal translation and the challenges for the dictionary

Multilingual legal dictionaries

Methodology for the making of a termontological dictionary

Concluding remarks and directions for future research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.