Translation, Interpreting and Comparative Legi-Linguistics – ’09 – Poznan, Poland

The Institute of Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University presents the Fourth Conference on Translation, Interpreting and Comparative Legi-Linguistics, an international conference on language and the law. “Our aim is to provide a forum for discussion in those scientific fields where linguistic and legal interests converge, and to facilitate integration between linguists, computer scientists and lawyers from all around the world.” The conference takes place July 2-4, 2009, in Poznan, Poland.

The organizers invite papers on a wide range of topics related to forensic linguistics in general; legal translation and court interpreting; legal languages and legal discourse; computational linguistics; history of law and legal systems; and laws on languages. Abstracts should be submitted by Feb. 28, 2009.