Chapter 2 The conceptualization of a legal status for marine environment through the evolution of terminology
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Emma Lelong
Abstract
Legal language and law are related to each other, as law evolves through societal evolutions. This chapter traces the evolution of the marine environment over time as it is conceptualized within international conventions related to nature protection. In particular, it shows that the distance between human beings and their marine environment has shortened between 1946 and today, as the marine environment was before described in law as an object or a resource and can now be granted the status of subject of rights, formerly exclusive to humans.
Abstract
Legal language and law are related to each other, as law evolves through societal evolutions. This chapter traces the evolution of the marine environment over time as it is conceptualized within international conventions related to nature protection. In particular, it shows that the distance between human beings and their marine environment has shortened between 1946 and today, as the marine environment was before described in law as an object or a resource and can now be granted the status of subject of rights, formerly exclusive to humans.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- Towards an integration of law and linguistics into the blue humanities 1
- Chapter 1 Understanding and researching legal genres and language within the maritime domain 13
- Chapter 2 The conceptualization of a legal status for marine environment through the evolution of terminology 41
- Chapter 3 Liability for environmental crimes: A comparative study of laws on ecocide and the prevention of oil discharge into the sea 65
- Chapter 4 Law of the sea, maritime law, and human rights applied to migration: Towards a common language? 97
- Chapter 5 Global vessel sharing agreements versus joint ventures: How do contractual provisions legally entitle contestable legal personality of shipping alliances? 147
- Chapter 6 Rhetorical analysis of agreement authority article in maritime agreements 171
- Chapter 7 To what extent is the translation equivalent: an exploration of terminological variation in English-Chinese translation of maritime law 201
- Index 223
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- Towards an integration of law and linguistics into the blue humanities 1
- Chapter 1 Understanding and researching legal genres and language within the maritime domain 13
- Chapter 2 The conceptualization of a legal status for marine environment through the evolution of terminology 41
- Chapter 3 Liability for environmental crimes: A comparative study of laws on ecocide and the prevention of oil discharge into the sea 65
- Chapter 4 Law of the sea, maritime law, and human rights applied to migration: Towards a common language? 97
- Chapter 5 Global vessel sharing agreements versus joint ventures: How do contractual provisions legally entitle contestable legal personality of shipping alliances? 147
- Chapter 6 Rhetorical analysis of agreement authority article in maritime agreements 171
- Chapter 7 To what extent is the translation equivalent: an exploration of terminological variation in English-Chinese translation of maritime law 201
- Index 223
