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Linguistics
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Reasons for the Fuzziness of Legislative Language
As we all know, there is nothing that does not contain contradiction, and without contradiction, there is no world. Chinese ancients said as early as in Zhouyi·**ci that “One Yin and one Yang is Taoism”. Linguist...
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Language and Law
Law serves as the symbol of national power and a tool for maintaining a stable society. Laws are coded in languages and concepts that are used to construct the law; language is the medium through which laws co...
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Theoretic Framework and Violation of Norms in Laws and Regulations Translation
Modern laws and regulations represents an irreplaceable part of rule-of-law culture of China and the outstanding achievements of Chinese rule-of-law modernization construction. As more and more local governmen...
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Possible Strategies for Modern Laws and Regulations Translation
As noted in the previous chapters, laws and regulations translation has accomplished significant achievements and, at the same time, encountered challenges and problems. Pursuant to norm theory, the problems c...
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The Positive Function of Fuzzy Legislative Language and Its Realization
Through analysis of semantics and inevitability of fuzzy legislative language, we know law may or is allowed to be expressed implicitly. In history of legal practice of human society, exactness serves as force...
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Translation of Modern Chinese Laws and Regulations
Since the Reform and Opening Up policy was proposed and solidly implemented in 1978, the translation of modern Chinese laws and regulations have undergone twists and turns. The major force carrying out this ta...
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A Case Study: Translation of Legal Terms
One of the difficulties in legal English translation lies in how translators understand and convey legal terminology. For one reason, it requires functional equivalence in language; for another, legal function...
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Legal Language Planning in the New Era
With the formation and improvement of the socialist legal system, language problems and language planning in the field of law have become a hot spot of sociolinguistics. Although the width and depth of the stu...
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An Overview of Legal Language
The study of legal language should begin with an understanding of the relationship between law and language. The importance of language in the legal field has been recognized since ancient times, and the combi...
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Legislative Language
Law is the embodiment of the national will. The purpose of national legislation is to maintain political stability and social order, so as to develop national political economy. In the legislative work, only b...
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Chinese Legal Classics and Translation
Culture is the adaption and reformation of natural environment made by certain nation during the progress of history. It shows the unique capacity of creation and practice owned by human beings and is manifest...
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Fuzziness and Violation of Norms in Chinese Legislative Language
China has the largest population in the world and is also a major legislation power. Since the reform and opening up more than 30 years ago, people’s congress and governments at all levels have established and...
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Introduction
After the Second World War, Lord Alfred Denning, Britain’s greatest legal reformer, a world-renowned jurist and former President of the English Court of Appeal, looking back on his legal career, which spanned ...
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Research on Legal Language
Overall, western philosophy has witnessed two significant turns. The first is the epistemological turn from the seventeenth century onwards, with Rene Descartes’ philosophy as the turning point. In essence, it...
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Semiotics, Language and Law: The Linguistic Turn in Jurisprudence
Law and language are closely related. In the latter half of twentieth century, with the development of philosophy studies, western jurisprudence studies also witnessed the linguistic turn in its field. A serie...
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Fuzziness and Legislative Language
Generally speaking, it’s difficult for people to associate fuzziness with law, and the emphasis on the fuzziness of legislative language may bring about criticism. People worry about or refuse fuzzy language i...
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Chinese Legal System
The Chinese legal system was a long-standing and influential legal system. It reflects the legal wisdom accumulated by the Chinese nation during the thousands of years of national governance practices. The leg...
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Thoughts on Standardization of Chinese Legislative Language from the Perspective of Sociology of Law
Legislation is the foundation of the rule of law, and the quality of legislation determines the quality of the rule of law. In the process of emphasizing that “there are laws to be followed, laws to be observe...
