The communication is a report on a quantitative-qualitative analysis of vagueness in EU Directives harmonising Member States’ efforts to grant refugees and displaced persons’ civil and human rights. The main focus is on linguistic and legal vagueness in the genre of directives as normative texts and on ideological implications underlying the EU’s attitude in granting specific rights to migrants. The study carries out an analysis of ‘vagueness carriers’ (adjectives, definitions and time expressions) used in relations to migrants and migrants’ rights and points to identifying a role for vagueness for and within the harmonisation process of immigration policies.
Linguistic and legal vagueness in EU Directives harmonising protection for refugees’ and displaced persons’ civil and human rights / Polese, Vanda; D'Avanzo, S.. - (2009). (Intervento presentato al convegno RLL - Researching Language and the Law: Intercultural Perspectives International Conference tenutosi a University of Bergamo (Italy) nel 18-20 giugno 2009).
Linguistic and legal vagueness in EU Directives harmonising protection for refugees’ and displaced persons’ civil and human rights
POLESE, VANDA;
2009
Abstract
The communication is a report on a quantitative-qualitative analysis of vagueness in EU Directives harmonising Member States’ efforts to grant refugees and displaced persons’ civil and human rights. The main focus is on linguistic and legal vagueness in the genre of directives as normative texts and on ideological implications underlying the EU’s attitude in granting specific rights to migrants. The study carries out an analysis of ‘vagueness carriers’ (adjectives, definitions and time expressions) used in relations to migrants and migrants’ rights and points to identifying a role for vagueness for and within the harmonisation process of immigration policies.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
