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Names, Naming, and the Law: Onomastics, Identity, Power, and Policy

Names, Naming, and the Law: Onomastics, Identity, Power, and Policy

Author: I.M. Nick
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032556413
Published In: September 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Across many social and commercial domains, governments regulate the official names used to identify individuals, groups, places, companies & products, and even diseases. This innovative volume investigates the relationship between names and the law, with its significant implications for identity (individual, familial, race, ethnicity, gender, species, brand & product industry, etc.) and status (social, scientific, economic, and political).

I. M. Nick introduces the state of the art on this interdisciplinary topic¾ providing a diachronic and synchronic view of onomastics and the law¾ and expert contributors examine seminal Anglo-American legal cases to demonstrate how name polices relate to broader questions of power, privilege, and politics. Each chapter offers an overview of key issues in onomastics and language policy across multiple geo-cultural contexts, and applies the interdisciplinary insights to real-world policies.

This book is a valuable resource for scholars of legal linguistics, forensic linguistics, onomastics, language policy, and cultural studies.

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Chapter 1: Names, Naming, Laws, Policies, and Identity: A Basic Introduction

I.M. Nick

Chapter 2: Patrilineal Bias in the Adoption of Surnames following Marriage in the United Kingdom and the United States

Eleanor Peters

Chapter 3: Naming, Expressive Interests, and the Law:

The Implications of Governmental Form Design

Laura A. Heymann

Chapter 4: Laws and Policies Regulating Personal Names and Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities in the US and Canada

Sharon N. Obasi and I. M. Nick

Chapter 5: Both And vs. Either Or: The Challenge of Official Names and Naming for the US Census in Multicultural America

I.M. Nick

Chapter 6: Applied Toponymy in the United States: A Compendium of the History and Policy Development of Geographic Names and Naming

Roger Payne

Chapter 7: Toponomy and Law: Neighborhood Names in Legal Perspective

Nestor M. Davidson and David Fagundes

Chapter 8: The Law on Geographical Indications and Traditional Food Names: Protecting Local and Regional Interests in a Global Arena

Caoimhín Macmaoláin

Chapter 9: From Fluoxetine to Prozac®

How the Pharmaceutical Industry Builds Brand Identity through Prescription Drug Naming

Pascaline Faure

Chapter 10: Naming Unnamed Diseases: Governmental Policies, Historical Practices, and Identity Repercussions

I.M. Nick

Chapter 11: The Name of the Rose (and Everything Else): How Codes and Practices in Naming Biological Species Reflect Cultural Identities

Stephen B. Heard

Chapter 12: Names, Identity Interests, US American Trademark Law, and Collective Face

Michael Adams

Chapter 13: What’s in a Name? Linguistic and Legal Aspects of Company Names, Product and Service Names, Trademarks, and Brands

Alan Durant and Jennifer Davis

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