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Magali Gravier and Lita Lundquist publishes chapter in "Linguistic Diversity and European Democracy"

09.03.2011

Linguistic Diversity

What role does linguistic diversity play in European democratic and legal processes? Is it an obstacle to deliberative democracy and a hindrance to legal certainty, or a cultural and economic asset and a prerequisite for the free movement of citizens?
This book examines the tensions and contradictions of European language laws and policy from a multi-disciplinary perspective. With contributions from leading researchers in EU law and legal theory, political science, sociology, sociolinguistic and cognitive linguistics, it combines mutually exclusive and competing perspectives of linguistic diversity.
The work will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers in the areas of European law, legal theory and linguistics.
Contents:
Linguistic diversity and European democracy: introduction and overview, Anne Lise Kjær and Silvia Adamo
Neither united nor diverse? The language issue and political legitimation in the European Union: Peter A. Kraus
Democracy, communities of communication and the European Union:Sue Wright
The EU and languages: diversity in what unity?: Robert Phillipson
Getting ready for a new Tower of Babel: Magali Gravier and Lita Lundquist
Multilingual and multicultural legal reasoning: the European Court of Justice: Joxerramon Bengoetxea
The multilingualism of the European Union law in the national courts: beyond the textbooks: Michal Bobek
In defence of (limited) multilingualism: problems and possibilities of the multilingual interpretation of European Union law in national courts: Mattias Derlén
Language rights: the interaction between domestic and European developments: Bruno de Witte
The model character of Swiss language law: Dagmar Richter
Language and languages in European ideology, political documents, and real life: J.Normann Jørgensen
Index.
About the Editor:
Anne Lise Kjær is Associate Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen. She has been a visiting academic at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim.
Magali Gravier and Lita Lundquist (2011), "Multilingual and multicultural legal reasoning: the European Court of Justice" In Linguistic Diversity and European Democracy Edited by Anne Lise Kjær and Silvia Adamo





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