SYMPOSIUM
CREATING AND INTERPRETING LAW IN A MULTILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT
Co-sponsored with the Brooklyn Law School Center for the Study of International Business Law and the Brooklyn Law School Center for the Study of Law, Language & Cognition

PANEL I: NATIONAL LAW IN A MULTILINGUAL SOCIETY — THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

The Challenges Of Interpreting Multilingual, Multijural Legislation (PDF)

Bilingual Interpretation of Enactments in Canada:
Principles v. Practice (PDF)

Authoring Bilingual Laws:
The Importance of Process (PDF)

PANEL II: MULTILINGUAL REGULATION — THE EU EXPERIENCE

Literal and Purposive Techniques of Legislative Interpretation:
Some European Community and English Common Law Perspectives (PDF)

Statutory Texts as Instances of Language(s):
Consequences and Limitations on Interpretation (PDF)

Legal Linguistic Knowledge and Creating and Interpreting Law in Multilingual Environments (PDF)

PANEL III: TRANSACTIONAL RULES ACROSS BORDERS — WHEN WORDS TRANSLATE BETTER THAN CONCEPTS

Towards a European Civil Code Without a Common European Legal Culture?
The Link Between Law, Language and Culture (PDF)

NOTES

The United States Jordan Free Trade Agreement, United States Chile Free Trade Agreement and The United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement:
Advancement of Environmental Preservation (PDF)

Continued Violations of International Law by the United States in Applying the Death Penalty to Minors and Possible Repercussions to the American Criminal Justice System (PDF)

“I Expected Common Sense to Prevail”:
Evans v. Vowles, Amateur Rugby, and Referee Liability in the U.K. (PDF)

Israel’s Conflicted Existence as a Jewish Democratic State:
Striking the Proper Balance Under the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (PDF)

Brooklyn Journal of International Law Editorial Board