Legal definition of nerd
am 03.11.2004 von http://transblawg.euVarious stock figures people the pages of English law: the man on the Clapham omnibus, the reasonable man / person, the officious bystander. There is also (new to …
Juridical person
Transblawg / A comment to the previous entry on legal entity mentions the term juridical person, which gets many ghits, although not all on English or U.S. sites. Here's a definition from the OECD site: A juridical person, in the General Agreement on Trade
Magistrates blog/Laienrichterblog (Englisch)
Transblawg / The Law west of Ealing Broadway, by Bystander: The Magistrate’s Blog - Musings and Snippets from an English Magistrate (Justice of the Peace). This blog is anonymous, and Bystander’s views are his and his alone. Where his views differ fro
The People’s Law
Handakte WebLAWg / Over the last 5 years, since the last time I broached this topic, 1 free legal resources on the Internet have gotten better and better. More and more legal information has come onto the Web for nonlawyers. Certain jurisdictions have risen to the task
He or she
Transblawg / There's been a discussion on an ITI list as to whether translators into English use 'he' or 'he and she'. My answer was that it depends on the client, but I often use 'he and she', avoiding the construction as much as pos
The Hungarian on the Clapham omnibus/Buta ember
Transblawg / Die Geschichte auf Deutsch: der winkelschreiber. Friedrich der Große wanted statutes to be written in a simple narrative style: Der König erwartete von der Gesetzgebungskommission, dass die “möglichste Deutlichkeit und Simplicit
Booklist: Books on German law in English/Bücherliste: Bücher zu deutschem Recht auf Englisch
Transblawg / The German legal bookshop Schweitzer has a superb commented booklist of books in English on German law, 51 pages long at present. In about four weeks’ time it should be online at the online shop. Or you can have it...
