Conference announcement: Brooklyn Law School

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Conference: September 19, 2003
Creating and Interpreting Law in a Multilingual Environment
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of International Business Law and
The Brooklyn Journal of International Law

http://www.brooklaw.edu/academic/centers/cognition/symposia.php

As law has increasingly evolved to address issues that cross national
borders, one of the most important frontiers has been its harmonization
and unification. How can we be sure that a concept, expressed in one
language and applied to the legal system of a particular country, will be
similarly understood in another language, applied to a different legal
system? Indeed, in multilingual states, such as Canada, Belgium and India,
among others, the same issues arise within national borders. Moreover,
even when the difficulties with language are surmountable, difference in
meaning persist because of nuanced differences between legal systems, both
internationally and even within the same country. This conference
assembles an international array of scholars who will bring a diverse set
of perspectives to these important issues.

See conference brochure for the schedule of speakers and topics. (PDF)

Register for the conference online now (registration is free, but
required).