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DESCRIPTION:The law speaks its own language. Any legal operation or stateme
 nt of the law entails a linguistic transformation. For example\, humans be
 come “legal persons” and animals become “things.” Thus\, the law cannot on
 ly describe\, but must necessarily modify the situations it encounters. Th
 e language of the law qualifies\, categorizes\, reformulates and even euph
 emizes the situations of the litigants and their relationships. Such proce
 sses may distort reality\, and in doing so deny the existence of important
  social problems. It is in this sense that we sometimes speak of the diffi
 culty of adapting the language of the law to the social world.\n\nThis lin
 guistic transformation affects the situation and realities of marginalized
  groups. Some litigants are isolated from the law\; their concerns erased\
 , delegitimized or discredited. For example\, the sex and gender binaries 
 that underlie the legal categories of “men” and “women” exclude non-binary
  persons. Similarly\, terms like “mother” and “father” leave little room f
 or social situations of same-sex parenthood. Conversely\, legal language m
 ay also serve an alleviative function when conflicts are expressed in lega
 l forms. “Legal personhood” may succeed in accommodating the infinite dive
 rsity of human identities\, and “damage” may be more suitable than “wrong 
 committed.”\n\nIn any case\, the translation of reality into legal languag
 e is fraught with consequences. This Summer Institute aims to identify the
  linguistic operations that conceal\, distort and deny the reality of marg
 inalized people\, as well as to explore the harmonizing function of legal 
 language. These are key issues that jurilinguists\, translators\, legal pr
 actitioners and scholars alike face on a daily basis.\n\nInformation\, reg
 istration.\n\nThis event is eligible for inclusion as continuing legal edu
 cation hours\, as reported by members of the Barreau du Québec.\n
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LOCATION:See program.\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\
 , 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:13th Institute of Jurilinguistics – The Monolingualism of Law: Tran
 slations\, Treasons\, Distortions
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