New Title Published On Translating Law With China Considered

Written by Sean Hocking

Multilingual Matters Publishing (UK)  published last year the title Translating Law by Deborah Cao. Also with a foreword byJustice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia. We haven't seen the book so can't review it for you but as far as we are aware this is the first time we've seen a title on the subject and thought it worth mentioning. Here are some details MultilingualMatters (UK). Hbk ISBN-13: 978-1-85359-954-5 The book examines legal translation from an interdisciplinary perspective,covering theoretical and practical grounds and linguistic as well as legal issues. It analyses legal translation competence and various types of legal texts including contracts, statutes and multilateral legal instruments presents a comparative analysis of the Common Law and the Civil Law and examines the relevant case law from Canada, Hong Kong and the European  Court of Justice. It has examples from Chinese, English and other European languages. More info can be found at:  http://www.amazon.com/Translating-Law-Topics-Translation-Deborah/dp/1853599549 And  by the same author and published by Beijing, China Law Press something a little more esoteric Animal Law in the West Deborah Cao Preface by Peter Singer Beijing, China Law Press 2007 Purchasing details can be found at: http://www.lawpress.com.cn/scrp/bookdetail.cfm?iBookNo=33057&sYc=1-1 ISBN: 7-5036-7785-4 Dongwu fei wu (Animals are not Things: Law in the West) by Deborah Cao: The book (Preface and Chapter One are in both English and Chinese and the rest of the book is in Chinese) is a systematic examination of animal welfare law in the West in theory and practice. It explores and surveys the historical background of animal welfare in the West, the conception of animal in early and nineteenth century Western philosophy and the early animal welfare conception and legal development in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in England against the background of the increasing understanding of animals and biology and breakthroughs in modern natural science. The book then examines animal welfare and animal rights in modern and contemporary philosophical and ethical debates, the status of animals as property and the arguments advanced by leading authors. The second part of the study focuses on animal welfare law in practice in different Western countries and jurisdictions including the UK, Australia, the EU and the USA. A detailed analysis of the relevant laws is presented in terms of the statutory protection for farm animals, animals used in experiments, companion animals and other anti-cruelty legislation.

 

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