International Journal of Language & Law (JLL)

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JLL is a platinum open access e-journal which offers a scholarly forum for research on the interdependence of language and law, from theoretical approaches to practical problems. Submissions are double-blindly peer-reviewed, and published free of charge to authors and readers.

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New Special Issue "Artificial Intelligence and the Language of Law"

9 July 2025

The special issue is edited by Agata de Laforcade, Laure Clément-Wilz and Ilaria Cennamo.

This special issue addresses the challenges of legal translation in the European Union in the context of artificial intelligence. It follows a conference held in Paris in March 2024, supported by Université Paris Est Créteil and EUR FRAPP, ISIT–Panthéon Assas University, and the University of Turin, in partnership with the Maison Ile-de-France of CIUP. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that connects European law, juristinguistics, and translation studies. The special issue highlights how AI — situated at the intersection of these three fields — poses profound challenges to each of them.

Current Issue

Volume 14
Artificial Intelligence and the Language of Law

Published 7 February 2025

This issue consist of three sections: Research Articles accepted after peer review about different topics; Comments and Reviews about recent topics, but without peer review process; a Special Issue section with peer revied art…

Full Issue

Reading or Listening Between the Lines: Enhancing Jury Instruction Comprehension for a Fair Legal System

Francesca Grixoni, Nur Yağmur Demir

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Building the Australian Legislative Corpus 2023: Combatting Issues and Highlighting Applications of General Legislative Corpora

Emma Genovese

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A Comparative Study of Accuracy in Human vs. AI Translation of Legal Documents into Arabic

Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh, Ghazi Ayed Alghathian , Mashal Mufleh Jarrah

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A Pragma-Linguistic Interpretation of Legal Communication: A Study of Sections 133 and 134 of the Nigerian Constitutional Provisions for Presidential Election

AJENIFARI J.T., Dr. OMOTUNDE Samuel Adabayo , Dr. OBOKO U .

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Review: Nadja Capus, Cornelia Griebel & Ivana Havelka (2024). Multilingual Communications Surveillance in Criminal Law. The Role of Intercept Interpreter-translators. Edward Elgar Publishing. 212 pp.

Heidi Salaets

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Les Enjeux de l’Intelligence Artificielle pour la Traduction Juridique au Sein de l’Union Européenne: Observations Générales du Point de Vue de la Juritraductologie

Sylvie Monjean-Decaudin

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Le «Paradigme de la Traduction» et l’Apprentissage Profond: Regard Rétrospectif sur Deux Ouvrages de François Ost

Aurélien Talbot

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Towards Clear, Simple, and Inclusive Legal Language: Exploring Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) Models as Content Rephrasing Assistants in Multilingual Settings

Maria Zimina-Poirot, Christopher Gledhill, Manon Bouyé

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The Multilingualism Paradox in EU Law: In Our Own Language Version We Trust

Stefaan van der Jeught

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Artificial Intelligence in Legal Translation at the Court of Justice of the European Union

Susan Wright

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Is Artificial Intelligence Capable of Validating Language Policy Choices in the Translation of EU Legislation?

Réka Somssich

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Embracing New Translation Technologies at International Organizations: Translators’ Perceptions of Machine Translation and its Impact on Institutional Translation

Fernando Prieto Ramos

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Translation in the European Union: Navigating Technical and Legal Issues in the Light of Artificial Intelligence — Conclusions

Laure Clément-Wilz, Agata de Laforcade, Ilaria Cennamo

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