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World Law Dictionary
Employment law
World Law Dictionary
A single database for the worlds legal languages
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Aim of the project
To create the worlds best and largest multilingual law dictionary, a central database for the worlds legal languages
World Law Dictionary
Founded in Stockholm, Sweden 1989
Author of worlds bestselling course books for Legal English: International Legal English and Introduction to International Legal English
Created International Legal English Certificate together with Cambridge University
Created PLEAD online Legal English course together with Cambridge University Press and Boston University School of Law
Publisher of only Learners Dictionary of Law
Publisher of worlds most extensive learning materials for Legal English
Opens office in Shanghai, China 2015
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University partners
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, ChinaGttingen University, GermanyChuo University, Tokyo, JapanUniversity of Minho, Braga, PortugalAdam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PolandCorvinus University, Budapest, HungaryUniversity of Innsbruck, AustriaUniversity of St. Gallen, Switzerland
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No standard EnglishNo comparative law analysis and notesNo help for non-native speakersPoor qualityNot online
World Law Dictionary5Current status of multi-lingual law dictionaries
No standard English
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Single online dictionary of legal languageQuality assuredInternational standardExtensive comparative law notesOnlineLearning materials
functionality
World Law Dictionary7What is the World Law Dictionary?
Common Law vs. Civil Law
English may be the common language of the world, but the Common Law is not the common law of the world.
World Law Dictionary8Explaining Civil Law concepts to foreign clients and other parties in English using Common Law terminology is a problem experienced by lawyers the world over.
English contentTransLegals Learners Dictionary of Law
40,000+ lawyer-hours invested to date in the English content Over 10,000 legal termsOver 2,000 language exercisesAlready live onlineContinuing expansion of material
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TransLegals Law Dictionary
10,000+ termsWorlds only Learners Dictionary for LawLaunched 2012
ENGLISH CONTENTB2 definitionssample sentencessound filescollocationscommon mistakeslanguage exercisesrelated termssample documentslinked content
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written at Council of Europe B2 level for non-native speakerscollocationsnotes and common mistakeslinks to learning materials
sound files
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Local language content
1. translation from English
2. comparative law notes
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Functional Equivalency Analysis
Full or near equivalence
Partial equivalence
No equivalenceWorld Law Dictionary
Functional equivalency analysis a suggested approach
Establish the properties of the source legal concept:
Determine the FUNCTION of both legal terms (what is the purpose/task of the concept?)
Determine the SCOPE OF APPLICATION of both legal terms (to whom or what object does the concept apply? Is one concept broader or narrower than the other?)
Determine the LEGAL EFFECT of both legal termsWorld Law Dictionary
FUNCTIONSCOPE OF APPLICATIONLEGAL EFFECTSecurity for payment of a debtReal propertyPersonal propertyConveyance of titleHYPOTQUE YESYESNONOMORTGAGEYESYESYESYES
HYPOTQUE vs. MORTGAGEWorld Law Dictionary
Using the comparative law notes
Legal practitioners can use the content in the dictionary to explain local legal concepts and can even cut-and-paste the text into their work product.World Law Dictionary
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Employment law
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A single database for the worlds legal languages
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Dictionary of Legal EnglishTransLegalproduced by Belladante AB2009Speech1253.8771sve - Comment
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