Court Interpreters and Fair Trials / by John Henry Dingfelder Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dingfelder Stone, John Henry., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Law and the social sciences.

International criminal law.

Natural language processing (Computer science).

Human Rights.

Socio-Legal Studies.

International Criminal Law.

Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Local Subjects:

Human Rights.

Socio-Legal Studies.

International Criminal Law.

Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Summary:

Globalization has increased the number of individuals in criminal proceedings who are unable to understand the language of the courtroom, and as a result the number of court interpreters has also increased. But unsupervised interpreters can severely undermine the fairness of a criminal proceeding. In this innovative and methodological new study, Dingfelder Stone comprehensively examines the multitudes of mistakes made by interpreters, and explores the resultant legal and practical implications. Whilst scholars of interpreting studies have researched the prevalence of interpreter error for decades, the effect of these mistakes on criminal proceedings has largely gone unanalyzed by legal scholars. Drawing upon both interpreting studies research and legal scholarship alike, this engaging and timely study analyzes the impact of court interpreters on the right to a fair trial under international law, which forms the minimum baseline standard for national systems.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The Right to an Interpreter

Chapter 3. Courtroom Interpreting

Chapter 4. The Right to a Fair Trial

Chapter 5. Interpreter Error and its Implications

Chapter 6. Systemic Issues

Chapter 7. Analysis

Chapter 8. Conclusions and Proposals.

ISBN:

9783319753553

331975355X