
Anniversary Conference
20 Years of Centre for Legislative Studies
Description |
Multilingualism creates an additional challenge for the process of legislation: Drafters have to make sure that all language versions are equivalent in both form and content. However, multilingualism can also be an opportunity: the process of drafting legislative texts in multiple languages freuqently leads to the unearthing of ambiguities and inconsistencies that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. The 2021 anniversary conference will take a closer look at the advantanges and disadvantages associated with multilingual legislation. In contrast to other years, the conference will last for two days: The first day will be dedicated to the experiences that other countries have made with multilingual legislation, while the second day will be concerned with multilingual drafting in Switzerland. |
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Dates |
Monday, 13 September 2021 – |
Location |
University of Zurich, KOL-G-201 (Assembly Hall) |
Contact |
Email: zfr@rwi.uzh.ch |
Speakers (preliminary) |
Day 1: Lucja Biel (Poland), Roxanne Guerard (Canada), Karen McAuliffe (UK/Ireland), Patricia Popelier (Belgium), Felix Uhlmann (Switzerland) Day 2: Opening address: Corina Casanova (former Federal Chancellor) Giovanni Bruno (Federal Chancellery), Jean-Luc Egger (Federal Chancellery), Andreas Glaser (Centre for Democracy), Stefan Höfler (University of Zurich), Philipp Spoerri (Canton of Valais), Rico Valär (University of Zurich) |
Information regarding the programme and registration will follow in January 2021.