31.928, Books: Language Choice in Postcolonial Law: Powell

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Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:52:57
From: Laura de Kreij [Laura.dekreij at Springernature.com]
Subject: Language Choice in Postcolonial Law: Powell

 


Title: Language Choice in Postcolonial Law 
Subtitle: Lessons from Malaysia’s Bilingual Legal System 
Series Title: Language Policy  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Springer
	   http://www.springer.com
	

Book URL: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811511721 


Author: Richard Powell

Electronic: ISBN:  9789811511738 Pages: 300 Price: Europe EURO 71.68
Hardback: ISBN:  9789811511721 Pages: 300 Price: Europe EURO 92.64


Abstract:

This book discusses multilingual postcolonial common law, focusing on
Malaysia’s efforts to shift the language of law from English to Malay, and
weighing the pros and cons of planned language shift as a solution to
language-based disadvantage before the law in jurisdictions where the majority
of citizens lack proficiency in the traditional legal medium. Through analysis
of legislation and policy documents, interviews with lawyers, law students and
law lecturers, and observations of court proceedings and law lectures, the
book reflects on what is entailed in changing the language of the law. It
reviews the implications of societal bilingualism for postcolonial justice
systems, and raises an important question for language planners to consider:
if the language of the law is changed, what else about the law changes?
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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