Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language

 List of Contributors

Introduction to Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language, Tímea Drinóczi, Giulia A. Pennisi, and Helen Xanthaki

Part One
Themes: Social Practice, Translation and Interpretation, and Legal Certainty

1.      Law, Language and Culture in the EU: A Case of Harmonisation, Reflection of Diversity or a Case for Judicial Activism?, Ivan Sammut

2.      Gender Inclusiveness: Does Language as a Social Practice Meet Law-Making in Brazil?, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira and Lucas Willian Oliveira Marciano

3.      Law, Language, and Legal Certainty: Transformation and Challenges of the Georgian Legal Language, Dimitry Gegenava

4.       EU “Better Regulation”: The Role of the European Committee of the Regions Gaetano Armao

5.      How Legal Translation Matters In Türkiye? Examination of International Agreements through the Lens of Private International Law, Belkıs Vural Celenk and Aysun Bolaca

6.      Institutional Translation: Balancing Multilingual Legal Discourse between EU and Switzerland, Annarita Felici

7.      Simplification of Legal Language and Turkishization of the Turkish Constitutions of 1924, 1961, and 1982, Ömer Faruk Gençkaya and Şeref İba 

8.      The Quest for Legislative Reform in Kosovo: Bridging Regulatory Governance with Legal Drafting and Legislative Language Discourses, Novitet Nezaj

Part Two
Tools: Terminology, Language Processing, and Technology

9.    Terminology Management and Better Understanding of Legislative Intent for Citizens in the Age of Technological Disruption, Ágota Fóris

10.  Making Drafting Clearer and More Accessible in a Multilingual Context: The Role of Contrastive Terminology and Comparative Law, Barnabás Novák and Tímea Drinóczi

11.  Analyzing the Language of Legislation Using Natural Language Processing, Xiao Lu, Moritz Osnabrugge and Gerrit Quaremba

12.  An Empirical Approach of Multimodality and Legal Language Reform in Brazil, Thiago B.V. Hermont, Fabiana De Menezes Soares, and Mônica Sette Lopes

Part Three
Interconnection in Praxis: Language for Effectiveness and Legal Certainty for Language

13.  Translation as a Lens through Which to View Legislation’s Effectiveness, John O’Shea and Daniel Webber

14.  Tense Aspects of Legislative Drafting, Martin David Kelly

15.  Terminological Controversies over a Legal Hendiadys: The ‘True and Fair’ Case, Annalisa Zanola

16.  Drafting EU Soft Law Instruments as Persuasive Governance Tools, Corina Andone and Florin Coman-Kund

17.  A Linguistic Approach to Drafting Legislative Provisions, Giulia A. Pennisi

18.  Let Linguists Teach the Drafters: Easification (Layering the Structure) of Regulation (EU) 2023/955 Establishing a Social Climate Fund, Helen Xanthaki

Index

Biography

Tímea Drinóczi is Professor of Law, Senior Researcher, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania and a Research Affiliate at the Law School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and in the CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest, Hungary.

Giulia A. Pennisi is Professor of English Language and Translation at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (DEMS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, and Associate Research Fellow at Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies, London, UK.

Helen Xanthaki is a Professor at University College London, Dean of PGLaws at the University of London Worldwide, and Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies, London, UK.

"In a rapidly evolving legal landscape, clarity, accessibility, and precision in legislative drafting are more crucial than ever. This remarkable volume, Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language, is a groundbreaking contribution to the interdisciplinary study of legislation and language, bringing together leading scholars from across the globe to explore the intersections of law, linguistics, and legislative effectiveness...This volume, as an essential resource for legislators, academics, and practitioners alike, is a milestone in the pursuit of better legislation, and it will inspire a new era of legislative excellence."

- Mauro Zamboni, Professor in jurisprudence at the Department of Law, Stockholm University