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Fair Trial Rights and Multilingualism in Africa: Perspectives from Comparable Jurisdictions

Fair Trial Rights and Multilingualism in Africa: Perspectives from Comparable Jurisdictions

Hardcover

Series: Law, Language and Communication

General ReferenceLinguisticsGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1032352035
ISBN13: 9781032352039
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 19 2022
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This book examines the best language fair trial practices of the courts in arguably the most multilingual region of the world. It contains an instructive list of standards and approaches to linguistic dynamics, which may be considered a language fair trial rights code.

By way of jurisprudential analysis and scrutiny of constitutional imperatives and examination of legislation among the respective jurisdictions from the Sahel region, to the Horn of Africa, and the Cape, this publication presents peculiar country-specific practices and common standards aiming towards the realisation of a fair trial in a multilingual context. The exceptionally multilingual nature of legal processes in Africa makes the standards in the region instructive in the progression towards a universal language fair trial rights code. The book reveals valuable lessons across jurisdictions, including those outside Africa, and suggests measures that may be taken to improve existing approaches.

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