Democratizing access to justice: the comic contract as intersemiotic translation

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Autor(a) principal: Pitkäsalo, Eliisa
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/article/view/6713
Resumo: Traditionally, legal documents such as contracts are verbally drafted by lawyers for other lawyers to read. However, it is highly desirable that the clients also understand their contents. The verbal format may be problematic if the parties do not have a common language or if they are unable to understand the legal jargon. For this reason, advocates of legal design have suggested that the contents of conventional legal documents could be presented in visual format. This paper aims to introduce one example of legal design, the comic contract, in which the verbal and visual modes interact. It discusses the process of transforming traditional legal documents into comics, which can be considered a kind of intersemiotic translation, and asks whether this format in fact improves the intelligibility and accessibility of legal documents.
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spelling Democratizing access to justice: the comic contract as intersemiotic translationTraditionally, legal documents such as contracts are verbally drafted by lawyers for other lawyers to read. However, it is highly desirable that the clients also understand their contents. The verbal format may be problematic if the parties do not have a common language or if they are unable to understand the legal jargon. For this reason, advocates of legal design have suggested that the contents of conventional legal documents could be presented in visual format. This paper aims to introduce one example of legal design, the comic contract, in which the verbal and visual modes interact. It discusses the process of transforming traditional legal documents into comics, which can be considered a kind of intersemiotic translation, and asks whether this format in fact improves the intelligibility and accessibility of legal documents.Translation MattersTranslation Matters2020-02-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/article/view/6713oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6713Translation Matters; Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): Translation Matters Special Issue: Intersemiotic Translation and Multimodality; 30-42Translation Matters; Vol. 1 N.º 2 (2019): Translation Matters Special Issue: Intersemiotic Translation and Multimodality; 30-422184-4585reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/article/view/6713https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/article/view/6713/6218Copyright (c) 2020 Translation Mattersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPitkäsalo, Eliisa2020-03-23T09:11:36Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6713Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:14:49.033765Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Democratizing access to justice: the comic contract as intersemiotic translation
spellingShingle Democratizing access to justice: the comic contract as intersemiotic translation
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title_short Democratizing access to justice: the comic contract as intersemiotic translation
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title_full_unstemmed Democratizing access to justice: the comic contract as intersemiotic translation
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description Traditionally, legal documents such as contracts are verbally drafted by lawyers for other lawyers to read. However, it is highly desirable that the clients also understand their contents. The verbal format may be problematic if the parties do not have a common language or if they are unable to understand the legal jargon. For this reason, advocates of legal design have suggested that the contents of conventional legal documents could be presented in visual format. This paper aims to introduce one example of legal design, the comic contract, in which the verbal and visual modes interact. It discusses the process of transforming traditional legal documents into comics, which can be considered a kind of intersemiotic translation, and asks whether this format in fact improves the intelligibility and accessibility of legal documents.
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