I feel this would benefit from a slightly different name such as International Common Law Dictionary or something similar instead of the general term used now.
I believe that many concepts
found in common law just don’t translate to other law systems (let’s say Sweden, Spain, Germany) and a translation of the words (which would help in terms of understanding) actually doesn’t do the concepts justice because they just don’t exist in the other systems.
E.g. „Article III judge“. Probably won’t be found in other systems, but easily translatable or the Chapter entries (Chapter 11, Chapter 9 etc) - surely every law has some kind of similar law or code or whatever, but I believe it couldn’t be directly related to these code chapters.
a slightly different name such as International Common Law Dictionary
That's a good idea. The generic name I'm using doesn't really describe it well.
And yes — it'll be really interesting to see what happens when I try to add Civil Law info. I mean, do they even explain the law over there? It's a whole other country. I kid, I kid. These will also be non-English, so that's another dimension of complexity.
Your thought about concepts not existing is a good one. Maybe a deft use of subject tags will help. I'm not convinced that LoC Subject Headings is the right choice, but they should handle anything under the sun. And they'll enable visitors to understand and filter the scope of the info.
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Impressive and really readable.
I feel this would benefit from a slightly different name such as International Common Law Dictionary or something similar instead of the general term used now.
I believe that many concepts found in common law just don’t translate to other law systems (let’s say Sweden, Spain, Germany) and a translation of the words (which would help in terms of understanding) actually doesn’t do the concepts justice because they just don’t exist in the other systems.
E.g. „Article III judge“. Probably won’t be found in other systems, but easily translatable or the Chapter entries (Chapter 11, Chapter 9 etc) - surely every law has some kind of similar law or code or whatever, but I believe it couldn’t be directly related to these code chapters.
That's a good idea. The generic name I'm using doesn't really describe it well.
And yes — it'll be really interesting to see what happens when I try to add Civil Law info. I mean, do they even explain the law over there? It's a whole other country. I kid, I kid. These will also be non-English, so that's another dimension of complexity.
Your thought about concepts not existing is a good one. Maybe a deft use of subject tags will help. I'm not convinced that LoC Subject Headings is the right choice, but they should handle anything under the sun. And they'll enable visitors to understand and filter the scope of the info.
Try Louisiana. Civil law, in English.