1st Edition
Names, Naming, and the Law Onomastics, Identity, Power, and Policy
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: Names, Naming, Laws, Policies, and Identity: A Basic Introduction
I. M. Nick
Chapter 2: Patrilineal Bias in the Adoption of Surnames following Marriage in the United Kingdom and the United States
Eleanor Peters
Chapter 3: Naming, Expressive Interests, and the Law:
The Implications of Governmental Form Design
Laura A. Heymann
Chapter 4: Laws and Policies Regulating Personal Names and Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities in the US and Canada
Sharon N. Obasi and I. M. Nick
Chapter 5: Both And vs. Either Or: The Challenge of Official Names and Naming for the US Census in Multicultural America
I. M. Nick
Chapter 6: Applied Toponymy in the United States: A Compendium of the History and Policy Development of Geographic Names and Naming
Roger Payne
Chapter 7: Toponomy and Law: Neighborhood Names in Legal Perspective
Nestor M. Davidson and David Fagundes
Chapter 8: The Law on Geographical Indications and Traditional Food Names: Protecting Local and Regional Interests in a Global Arena
Caoimhín Macmaoláin
Chapter 9: From Fluoxetine to Prozac®
How the Pharmaceutical Industry Builds Brand Identity through Prescription Drug Naming
Pascaline Faure
Chapter 10: Naming Unnamed Diseases: Governmental Policies, Historical Practices, and Identity Repercussions
I. M. Nick
Chapter 11: The Name of the Rose (and Everything Else): How Codes and Practices in Naming Biological Species Reflect Cultural Identities
Stephen B. Heard
Chapter 12: Names, Identity Interests, US American Trademark Law, and Collective Face
Michael Adams
Chapter 13: What’s in a Name? Linguistic and Legal Aspects of Company Names, Product and Service Names, Trademarks, and Brands
Alan Durant and Jennifer Davis
Index
Biography
I. M. Nick holds a BA (Germanics); BSc (Clinical/Abnormal Psychology); MA (German Linguistics); MSc (Forensic and Investigative Psychology); PhD and the German "Habilitation" (English Linguistics). Her onomastic research focusses on anthroponymy, identity, and language-policy. A past President of the American Name Society (ANS), she’s Editor-in-Chief of Names: A Journal of Onomastics.
