Brooklyn Law School publication

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Members of this list may be interested to visit the website of our member
affiliate, the Center for Law, Language and Cognition at the Brooklyn Law
School.  They recently published proceedings of a "SYMPOSIUM: CREATING AND
INTERPRETING LAW IN A MULTILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT",  Co-sponsored with the
Brooklyn Law School Center for the Study of International Business Law and
the Brooklyn Law School Center for the Study of Law, Language & Cognition

http://www.brooklaw.edu/students/journals/bjilcurrent.php

PDF versions of various papers presented at the Symposium are available:


Brooklyn Journal of International Law, VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 3 2004


Introduction (PDF)
Neil B. Cohen
Claire Kelly
Lawrence M. Solan

PANEL I: NATIONAL LAW IN A MULTILINGUAL SOCIETY  THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

The Challenges Of Interpreting Multilingual, Multijural Legislation (PDF)

Ruth Sullivan

Bilingual Interpretation of Enactments in Canada:
Principles v. Practice (PDF)

Pierre-Andre Cote

Authoring Bilingual Laws:
The Importance of Process (PDF)

Donald L. Revell

PANEL II: MULTILINGUAL REGULATION  THE EU EXPERIENCE

Literal and Purposive Techniques of Legislative Interpretation:
Some European Community and English Common Law Perspectives (PDF)

Ian McLeod

Statutory Texts as Instances of Language(s):
Consequences and Limitations on Interpretation (PDF)

Jan Engberg

Legal Linguistic Knowledge and Creating and Interpreting Law in
Multilingual Environments (PDF)

Tarja Salmi-Tolonen

PANEL III: TRANSACTIONAL RULES ACROSS BORDERS  WHEN WORDS TRANSLATE BETTER
THAN CONCEPTS

Towards a European Civil Code Without a Common European Legal Culture?
The Link Between Law, Language and Culture (PDF)

Ana M. Lpez-Rodrguez

NOTES

The United States Jordan Free Trade Agreement, United States Chile Free
Trade Agreement and The United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement:
Advancement of Environmental Preservation (PDF)

Andrea N. Anderson

Continued Violations of International Law by the United States in Applying
the Death Penalty to Minors and Possible Repercussions to the American
Criminal Justice System (PDF)

Jennifer L. Brillante

I Expected Common Sense to Prevail:
Evans v. Vowles, Amateur Rugby, and Referee Liability in the U.K. (PDF)

Erin McMurray

Israels Conflicted Existence as a Jewish Democratic State:
Striking the Proper Balance Under the Citizenship and Entry into Israel
Law (PDF)

Albert K. Wan


Brooklyn Journal of International Law Editorial Board