Research Topic: Legal Terminology
The research topic I have chosen is the complexity of legal terminology. As a technical writers, our job is to create and improve opportunity and accessibility through our writing, and legal writing is anything but that. This research topic would like to explore how different groups of people have been marginalized within legal issues due to their complex structuring. Moreover, I would like to look into modifications that can be made to improve people's experience with it. research on this issue is important as it sheds light on a powerful system that affects all of us and can hurt us if we don't know how to navigate it. My hope is that many people, including myself, can live our lives a little easier as a result of thorough knowledge of legal terminology.
Abrams, Douglas E. “Eleven Observations about Legal Writing.” Journal of the Missouri Bar, vol. 77, no. 5, Sept. 2021, pp. 246–47. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=153088373&site=ehost-live.
Azmanova, Natalia. “Difficulties in the Usage and Translation of the Law Terminology in the Specialized Texts.” Intertext, vol. 6, no. 23/24, July 2012, pp. 103–08. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=97058348&site=ehost-live.
Burdusel, Eva-Nicoleta. “A Cultural Approach To Legal Translation: Contemporary Perspectives And Challenges.” Revista Transilvania, no. 11/12, Nov. 2019, pp. 82–86. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=141938751&site=ehost-live.
Drinóczi, Tímea, and Barnabás Novák. “Linguistic Approach in Legisprudence - Terminology, Translation Studies and Databases.” Theory & Practice of Legislation, vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp. 113–29. Academic Search Premier, https://doi.org/10.1080/20508840.2015.1041707.113.
Ferreri, Silvia. “Same Words, Different Meanings.” European Review of Private Law, vol. 20, no. 5/6, Oct. 2012, pp. 1255–1264. Academic Search Premier, https://doi.org/10.54648/erpl2012079.
Manning, John F. “Textualism and Legislative Intent.” Virginia Law Review, vol. 91, no. 2, Apr. 2005, pp. 419–50. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=16842891&site=ehost-live.
McGinnis, John O., and Michael B. Rappaport. “The Constitution and the Language of the Law.” William & Mary Law Review, vol. 59, no. 4, Apr. 2018, pp. 1321–411. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=129277169&site=ehost-live.
Nelson, Caleb. “What Is Textualism?” Virginia Law Review, vol. 91, no. 2, Apr. 2005, pp. 347–418. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=16842890&site=ehost-live.
Pilke, Nina, et al. “Terminology as a Societal Resource: Possibilities and Responsibilities in a Changing World.” Terminology, vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 3–9. Academic Search Premier, https://doi.org/10.1075/term.00055.int.
Ziegler, Meg E. “Disabling Language: Why Legal Terminology Should Comport with a Social Model of Disability.” Boston College Law Review, vol. 61, no. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 1183–221. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=142589568&site=ehost-live.
Reply to Question 2 of Reflection Questions:
ReplyDeleteOne of the voices that can emerge from my current bibliography is a perspective that supports keeping legal writing complicated and formal.