Names, naming, and the law : onomastics, identity, power, and policy / edited by I.M. Nick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nick, I. M. (Iman Makeba), editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names, Personal--Law and legislation.

Names, Personal.

Names, Geographical--Law and legislation.

Names, Geographical.

Trademarks--Law and legislation.

Trademarks.

Personality (Law).

Status (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

I. M. Nick holds a BA (Germanics); BSc (Clinical/Abnormal Psychology); MA (German Linguistics); MSc (Forensic and Investigative Psychology); PhD and the German "Habilitation" (English Linguistics). Her onomastic research focusses on anthroponymy, identity, and language-policy. A past President of the American Name Society (ANS), she's Editor-in-Chief of Names: A Journal of Onomastics.

Contents:

Names, naming, laws, policies, and identity : a basic introduction / I.M. Nick

Patrilineal bias in the adoption of surnames following marriage in the United Kingdom and the United States / Eleanor Peters

Naming, expressive interests, and the law : the implications of governmental form design / Laura A. Heymann

Laws and policies regulating personal names and transgender and gender diverse identities in the US and Canada / Sharon N. Obasi and I. M. Nick

Both and vs. either or : the challenge of official names and naming for the US census in multicultural America / I. M. Nick

Applied toponymy in the United States : a compendium of the history and policy development of geographic names and naming / Roger Payne

Toponomy and law : neighborhood names in legal perspective information classification : general / Nestor M. Davidson and David Fagundes

The law on geographical indications and traditional food names : protecting local and regional interests in a global arena / Caoimhín Macmaoláin

From Fluoxetine to Prozac : how the pharmaceutical industry builds brand identity through prescription drug naming / Pascaline Faure

Naming unnamed diseases : governmental policies, historical practices, and identity repercussions / I. M. Nick

The name of the rose (and everything else) : how codes and practices in naming biological species reflect cultural identities / Stephen B. Heard

Names, identity interests, US American trademark law, and collective face / Michael Adams

What's in a name? linguistic and legal aspects of company names, product, and service names, trademarks, and brands / Alan Durant and Jennifer Davis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 05, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Names, naming, and the law

ISBN:

9781003431510

1003431518

9781000934069

1000934063

9781000934038

1000934039

Publisher Number:

40032028045

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.