Legal Integration and Language Diversity - Rethinking Translation in Eu Lawmaking

The European pursuit for legal integration and language diversity poses a puzzling question: how can the EU create uniform laws in 24 official languages successfully? This book argues that the answer lies in elevating the English language version, and seeking literalism over fluency in allying the other language versions.

List of contents

• 1 Introduction


• 2 Articulating the Task of EU Translation


• 3 Formalizing the Primacy of English


• 4 The Mixed Approach of Current EU Translation


• 5 Considering a Source-Oriented Alternative


• 6 The Implementation and Its Challenges


• 7 Summary and Conclusions


• Annex I: Language Cases (1960-2010)


• Annex II: Anonymized Table of Interviews

About the author

C.J.W. Baaij is a J.S.D. candidate at Yale Law School. Previously, he was Assistant Professor at Amsterdam Law School, where he taught contract law, civil procedure, and legal theory. There, he also obtained his Ph.D. degree, cum laude, for his research on legal integration and language diversity, parts of which he conducted as a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia Law School.

Summary

The European pursuit for legal integration and language diversity poses a puzzling question: how can the EU create uniform laws in 24 official languages successfully? This book argues that the answer lies in elevating the English language version, and seeking literalism over fluency in allying the other language versions.

Additional text

I find this book refreshing, thoroughly innovative, and original. Concisely written, it is a stimulating and important contribution to the current literature on both institutional translation and EU institutions.

Product details

• Authors: C. J. W. Baaij, C.J.W. Baaij, C.j.w. (J.s.d. Candidate Baaij, Baaij C.J.W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780190680787
• ISBN: 978-0-19-068078-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Oxford Studies in Language and Law; Oxford Studies in Language and Law; Oxford Studies in Language and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; English, LAW / Legal History, LAW / International, LAW / Legal Profession, Translation & interpretation, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, Translation and interpretation, Legal system: general, Legal systems: general