LANGUAGE AS A MEDIUM OF LEGAL NORMS.;IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF ARABIC AS A LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LUTZ EDZARD
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : DUNCKER & HUMBLOT, 1998.
Colección:Schriften zum Völkerrecht.
Temas:
United Nations > Language policy.
Nations Unies > Politique linguistique.
United Nations.
Law > Language.
Human rights > Religious aspects > Islam.
Arabic language > Translating.
LAW / Natural Law
Language policy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on language use and transcription
  • Chapter One: Introduction
  • Chapter Two: Basic legal and linguistic issues regarding Arabic and Islam
  • A. Historical background: Middle East and North Africa
  • B. Religious background: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • C. Legal background: Islamic law
  • D. Linguistic background: Arabic
  • I. General observations
  • II. Arabic as a modern language of diplomacy
  • III. Types of Arabic documents in the UN system
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Bi- and multilateral treaties
  • 3. Diplomatic correspondence
  • 4. Periodic reports
  • 5. Oral contributions
  • IV. Linguistic features of diplomatic Arabic
  • 1. Syntactic features
  • 2. Lexical features
  • 3. Stylistic features
  • 4. Pragmatic features
  • 5. Islamic formulae
  • E. Summary of Chapter Two
  • Chapter Three: The theory of interpretation
  • A. Legal and linguistic interpretation
  • B. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
  • C. Speech Act Theory
  • D. A typology of diplomatic misunderstanding
  • I. General considerations
  • II. The extension coincides, the intension differs
  • III. The extension differs, the intension coincides
  • IV. The extension differs, the intension differs
  • V. The extension coincides, the intension coincides partially
  • E. Summary of Chapter Three
  • Chapter Four: Application of the theory of interpretation to the realm of war and peace
  • A. Overview of problems
  • I. Basic considerations
  • II. The Islamic concept of jihād
  • III. Islam and terrorism
  • IV. Contemporary conflicts in the Arab world
  • V. The diplomatic use of the term "Zionism"
  • B. The Palestine conflict ("Middle East conflict")
  • I. Overview of general discourse problems
  • II. The McMahon-Husayn correspondence (1915/1916)
  • III. The Armistice Agreements of 1949 between Israel and its neighbors
  • IV. The Camp David Peace Accord between Israel and Egypt
  • V. The Oslo Accords between Israel and the PLO
  • VI. The Washington Declaration between Israel and Jordan
  • VII. The Treaty of Peace between Israel and Jordan
  • VIII. The Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
  • C. The Iraq-Kuwait crisis
  • I. Overview of general discourse problems
  • II. Crucial documents
  • D. The Iraqi concepts of "law", "truth", "peace", and "justice": a comparative analysis of the traditional methods of treaty interpretation and Speech Act Theory
  • I. Basic considerations
  • II. The traditional methods of treaty interpretation
  • III. Speech Act Theory
  • E. Summary of Chapter Four
  • Chapter Five: Application of the theory of interpretation to the realm of human rights
  • A. Overview of problems
  • I. Basic considerations
  • II. "Western" vs. "Islamic" approaches to the issue
  • B. The periodic reports submitted to international treaty bodies

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