Translation of EC Courts Decisions to Serbian

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Translation of EC Courts Decisions to Serbian

• Professor Maja Stanivukovic
• Novi Sad Faculty of Law
• 12 December 2008

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Purpose of translation

• legal awareness, exchange of legal ideas
• education
• adoption of acquis communitaire

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Potential problems

• number of judgments
• length of judgments
• terminology and citation of authorities
• funding
• accessibility of translations

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Solutions

• number of judgments

• team work
• selection

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Solutions

• team work and selection
• abbreviating and editing

• the number of judgments
• the length of judgments

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Solutions

• team work and selection
• abbreviating and editing
• creation of judicial EUROVOC
• developing standards of citation

• the number of judgments
• the length of judgments
• terminology and citation of authorities

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Solutions

• team work and selection
• abbreviating and editing
• judicial EUROVOC and standards of citation
• financial support by State and the EU

• the number of judgments
• the length of judgments
• terminology and citation of authorities
• funding

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Solutions

• team work and selection
• abbreviating and editing
• judicial EUROVOC and standards of citation
• financial support by State and EU
• publication in electronic legal databases

• the number of judgments
• the length of judgments
• terminology and citation of authorities
• funding
• accessibility of translations