Whatever it’s called in your country: “lockdown” (a military flavour), “confinement” (a prison flavour), or something else, many of us may find ourselves with more time to read than usual. So here’s a list of ideas – and do send in more so that we can make a Part 2 to this post!
Category Archives: Books
Monday smile – Les arrêts illustrés
A group of law students from Toulouse university have found an accessible and fun way to remember landmark rulings: turning them into a bande dessinée – a kind of strip cartoon book.
English translation of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure (2nd edition)
Following the success of the first edition, the English translation of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure has been updated and revised and enriched with a preface by the Italian Minister for Justice.
Although the main purpose of the second edition was to translate both the amended and the new legal provisions that had been added to the Codice, the existing translation was also revised in light of the legislative and linguistic innovations introduced in the European normative framework and the precious feedback received by legal translators who used the first edition.
Book publication – International and European Criminal Law
Hart Publishing / Bloomsbury Professional have recently published a revised and updated second edition of International and European Criminal Law.
It highlights “the most important aspects of European and international criminal law in order to provide the reader with a comprehensive, concise and solid introduction to the field”. Continue reading
Monday smile – Academia Obscura
Last week saw the publication of a book that is guaranteed to bring mirth and merriment. Not to mention make a very good Christmas present.
This is what the crowdfunding publisher, Unbound, says about it: “Academia Obscura is an irreverent glimpse inside the ivory tower, exposing the eccentric and slightly unhinged world of university life. Take a trip through the spectrum of academic oddities and unearth the Easter eggs buried in peer reviewed papers, the weird and wonderful world of scholarly social media, and rats in underpants.”
Book – Legal Translation and Court Interpreting: Ethical Values, Quality, Competence Training
Recently published by Frank & Timme, the book “Legal Translation and Court Interpreting: Ethical Values, Quality, Competence Training” should be of interest to many readers.
Book publication – 4th Edition of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting
Delighted to inform you that the 4th edition of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting has recently been published. The author, Ken Adams, is a good and longstanding friend of this blog (e.g., guest posts here and here).
It is the only authoritative guide to the building blocks of contract language, and is in widespread use throughout the legal profession. The first edition was published by the American Bar Association in 2004.
Book publication – European Contract Law
I am delighted to inform you that the Second Edition of European Contract Law by Hein Kötz – showing the translators’ names on the cover 😉 has just been published by Oxford University Press.
It is available as a hardback and also as an Ebook.
Book publication – Phraseology in Legal and Institutional Settings
I’m happy to announce today the recent publication by Routledge of Phraseology in Legal and Institutional Settings – A Corpus-based Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Stanislaw Goźdź-Roszkowski and Gianluca Pontrandolfo.
The volume is intended to be a resource for linguists interested in phraseology as well as lawyers and legal scholars, translators, lexicographers, terminologists and students who wish to pursue research in the area.
Book publication – Handbook on notarial deeds (FR/ES)
Today it is a pleasure to inform you of the recent publication of a comparative study of notarial deeds issued in the French and Spanish legal systems “Manual de traducción jurada de documentos notariales en materia de sucesiones entre los sistemas jurídicos francés y español“.
It is intended for legal and certified translators, lecturers and researchers in the field of Legal Translation Studies, and for comparatists and notaries public wishing to consolidate their thematic competence on civil law and, specifically, on French and Spanish notarial and inheritance law. Continue reading
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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