Overview
- Examines the mistakes and practical problems posed by court interpretation and the threat to trial fairness
- Suggests how to manage the impact of court interpreters to ensure a fairer trial system
- Includes case studies and comparative adversarial and inquisitorial examples
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- international law
- criminal court
- human rights
- courtroom
- language and law
- interpreting studies
- criminal law
- refugee law
- criminal procedure
- court room
- fair trial rights
- competence
- discretion
- cognitive resources
- coping strategies
- verbatim
- defense rights
- speech style
- evidence
- distortions
- juries and criminal trials
About this book
Globalization has increased the number of individuals in criminal proceedings who are unable to understand the language of the courtroom, and as a result the number of court interpreters has also increased. But unsupervised interpreters can severely undermine the fairness of a criminal proceeding. In this innovative and methodological new study, Dingfelder Stone comprehensively examines the multitudes of mistakes made by interpreters, and explores the resultant legal and practical implications.
Whilst scholars of interpreting studies have researched the prevalence of interpreter error for decades, the effect of these mistakes on criminal proceedings has largely gone unanalyzed by legal scholars. Drawing upon both interpreting studies research and legal scholarship alike, this engaging and timely study analyzes the impact of court interpreters on the right to a fair trial under international law, which forms the minimum baseline standard for national systems.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
John Henry Dingfelder Stone is a Professor of Law at the Hochschule Rhein-Waal in Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Court Interpreters and Fair Trials
Authors: John Henry Dingfelder Stone
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75355-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75354-6Published: 14 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09210-8Published: 24 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75355-3Published: 02 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 337
Topics: Human Rights and Crime , Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Juries and Criminal Trials, International Criminal Law , Criminal Justice, Natural Language Processing (NLP)