{"product_id":"translating-the-social-world-for-law-9780199990559","title":"Translating the Social World for Law","description":"This volume examines the linguistic problems that arise in efforts to translate between law and the social sciences. We usually think of \"translation\" as pertaining to situations involving distinct languages such as English and Swahili. But realistically, we also know that there are many kinds of English or Swahili, so that some form of translation may still be needed even between two people who both speak English-including, for example, between English speakers who are members of different professions. Law and the social sciences certainly qualify as disciplines with quite distinctive language patterns and practices, as well as different orientations and goals. In coordinated papers that are grounded in empirical research, the volume contributors use careful linguistic analysis to understand how attempts to translate between different disciplines can misfire in systematic ways. Some contributors also point the way toward more fruitful translation practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors to this volume are members of an interdisciplinary working group on Legal Translation that met for a number of years. The group includes scholars from law, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, political science, psychology, and religious studies. The members of this group approach interdisciplinary communication as a form of \"translation\" between distinct \u003cem\u003edisciplinary\u003c\/em\u003e languages (or, \"registers\"). Although it may seem obvious that professionals in different fields speak and think differently about the world, in fact experts in law and in social science too often assume that they can communicate easily when they are speaking what appears to be the \"same\" language. While such experts may intellectually understand that they differ regarding their fundamental assumptions and uses of language, they may nonetheless consistently underestimate the degree to which they are actually talking past one another. This problem takes on real-life significance when one of the fields is law, where how knowledge is conveyed can affect how justice is meted out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mertz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199990559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Mertz\u003c\/strong\u003e is John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Research Faculty at the American Bar Foundation. Her research focuses on the language of law in the U.S., in part through an examination of how that language is taught to first-year law students. Her book on that process is entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Language of Law School: Learning to \"Think Like a Lawyer,\"\u003c\/em\u003e and it was the co-winner of the Herbert Jacob Prize of the Law \u0026amp; Society Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam K. Ford\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago in 2003. Before joining the faculty at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, he worked for the Los Angeles firm of Irell \u0026amp; Manella and then returned to the University of Chicago Law School as a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGregory M. Matoesian\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His main area of study is language and multimodal practice in legal settings. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eReproducing Rape: Domination through Talk in the Courtroom\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Chicago Press) and Law and the \u003cem\u003eLanguage of Identity: Discourse in the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial \u003c\/em\u003e(Oxford University Press), as well as numerous articles in law and society and linguistic journals.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45322530717811,"sku":"9780199990559","price":355.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d6088242-763d-417e-939f-32a097a62690.jpg?v=1786020561","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/translating-the-social-world-for-law-9780199990559","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}