Linguistics and Law: Research and Translations by Hafiz Ismail Alawi

Linguistics and Law Researches and Translations Hafez Isma'il Alawi About the Book This is a unique book in the literature of Arabic linguistics, in which Hafez Isma'il Alawi takes his reader by the hand on a companionable journey through a complex and enjoyable maze of issues, perceptions, and procedures, all related to the problematic relationship between human language and law. Here, linguistics appears as an authentic and active partner in understanding the world, creating events, and determining destinies when disputes arise among speakers of living languages. In this book, which contains six solid research papers, the author, a knowledgeable scholar and skilled translator, guides you to the core scientific expertise of a number of leading researchers in the field. He reveals to you in six studies the logical reasoning behind their selection, and the precise and controlling thread that links them together in a sequence, starting with the fundamental question: Does a legal language exist? He then moves to pose the problem of the relationship between legal language and legal linguistics, which encompasses highly precise and complex issues in the epistemological foundation of the connections between knowledge domains. From the study of legal history to examining issues of legal terminology, the book covers two main sections that are among the most comprehensive and significant in this field. The first addresses the language of crime from the perspective of speech act theory, extending the analysis to some of the most common crimes in people's lives, and the most closely connected to linguistic customs and practices; as these crimes are only realized through language and within language. What do you think of crimes like threats, incitement, bribery, and perjury? What remains of their existence if you remove their linguistic component and the complexities of mutual dependence between language and the legal process? The second research (which is the sixth in the series) is dedicated by the author to examining issues of equivalence in legal translation, the types of conceptual disparities between languages, bilingual legal dictionaries, and other related topics concerning translation in general, and legal translation in particular.