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3. The harmonization of legal cultures, concepts and terms

Depth of harmonization and research design
  • Sunniva Whittaker
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Dynamics and Terminology
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Abstract

The present chapter discusses how the scope and depth of harmonization between supranational and national legislation are decisive for the choice of empirical basis for contrastive studies of legal concepts and terms used in national legislations. The case studies presented in this chapter aim at illustrating two possible approaches. The first case study explores differences between the French and Norwegian transpositions of the EU directive on public procurement. The second discusses the use of preparatory works as a source of information on the formation of legal concepts and terms, exemplified with the French preparatory works for the new law on bioethics of 2011 and the Norwegian whitepaper issued in advance of the Children’s Act of 2009.

Abstract

The present chapter discusses how the scope and depth of harmonization between supranational and national legislation are decisive for the choice of empirical basis for contrastive studies of legal concepts and terms used in national legislations. The case studies presented in this chapter aim at illustrating two possible approaches. The first case study explores differences between the French and Norwegian transpositions of the EU directive on public procurement. The second discusses the use of preparatory works as a source of information on the formation of legal concepts and terms, exemplified with the French preparatory works for the new law on bioethics of 2011 and the Norwegian whitepaper issued in advance of the Children’s Act of 2009.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction
  4. Dynamics and terminology 1
  5. Part one: legal terminology
  6. 1. Multilingualism and legal integration in Europe 17
  7. 2. Capturing dynamism in legal terminology 43
  8. 3. The harmonization of legal cultures, concepts and terms 61
  9. 4. Cross-domain disharmonization. A case study with adventure activities in legal and tourist domains in Spain 79
  10. 5. Le vocabulaire juridique en sängö 99
  11. 6. The translation of legal texts as culturemes 111
  12. Part two: scientific and technical terminology
  13. 7. Specialized knowledge dynamics 135
  14. 8. The dynamics of terminology in short-term diachrony 159
  15. 9. A method for analysing the dynamics of naming from a monolingual and multilingual perspective 183
  16. Part three: business and financial terminology
  17. 10. The dynamics of accounting terms in a globalized environment 215
  18. 11. Concept change, term dynamics and culture-boundness in economic-administrative domains 235
  19. Part four: Terminology planning: Some challenges
  20. 12. The dynamics of terms and meaning in the domain of machining terminology in French and English 259
  21. 13. La mesure de la variation terminologique comme indice de l'évolution des connaissances dans un environnement bilingue 281
  22. Index 303
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.16.04whi

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction
  4. Dynamics and terminology 1
  5. Part one: legal terminology
  6. 1. Multilingualism and legal integration in Europe 17
  7. 2. Capturing dynamism in legal terminology 43
  8. 3. The harmonization of legal cultures, concepts and terms 61
  9. 4. Cross-domain disharmonization. A case study with adventure activities in legal and tourist domains in Spain 79
  10. 5. Le vocabulaire juridique en sängö 99
  11. 6. The translation of legal texts as culturemes 111
  12. Part two: scientific and technical terminology
  13. 7. Specialized knowledge dynamics 135
  14. 8. The dynamics of terminology in short-term diachrony 159
  15. 9. A method for analysing the dynamics of naming from a monolingual and multilingual perspective 183
  16. Part three: business and financial terminology
  17. 10. The dynamics of accounting terms in a globalized environment 215
  18. 11. Concept change, term dynamics and culture-boundness in economic-administrative domains 235
  19. Part four: Terminology planning: Some challenges
  20. 12. The dynamics of terms and meaning in the domain of machining terminology in French and English 259
  21. 13. La mesure de la variation terminologique comme indice de l'évolution des connaissances dans un environnement bilingue 281
  22. Index 303
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