Лингвистични аспекти в правната терминология относно изразяване на права, включително и религиозните, в международноправни документи
Linguistic Aspects in the Legal Terminology About Human Rights in the International Legal Documents

Author(s): Kristina Krislova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Translation Studies
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: legal terminology; human rights; international legal documents
Summary/Abstract: The present study offers a brief discussion of the features of the modal verb shall in the International and European legal documents with a view to religious tolerance. For the purpose of the study documents as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations and The Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union are used. The word shall is analysed from the perspective of usage, grammar and meaning. Discussed are the linguistic functions of shall in the General language and its deontic function in Legal English. The study identifies the frequent use of shall and its different meanings in legal texts. In considering the problems which shall presents in legal texts the study then proceeds with discussing the usage and meaning of shall in the English text and the Bulgarian translation of the Declaration and the Charter. Analysed are the typical translation models of shall in Bulgarian.

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