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.
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.
I. M. Nick holds a BA (Germanics); BSc (Clinical/Abnormal Psychology); MA (German Linguistics); MSc (Forensic and Investigative Psychology); PhD and the German "Habilitation" (English Linguistics). Her onomastic research focusses on anthroponymy, identity, and language-policy. A past President of the American Name Society (ANS), she's Editor-in-Chief of Names: A Journal of Onomastics.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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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