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

    Names, Naming, and the Law by Nick, I. M.;

    Onomastics, Identity, Power, and Policy

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    Short description:

    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 and status.

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    Long description:

    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 topic? providing a diachronic and synchronic view of onomastics and the law? 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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    Table of Contents:

    List of Abbreviations


    List of Contributors



    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



    Index

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