UID:
almahu_9949598960602882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781003431510
,
1003431518
,
9781000934069
,
1000934063
,
9781000934038
,
1000934039
Content:
"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)"--
Note:
Names, naming, laws, policies, and identity : a basic introduction / I.M. Nick -- Patrilineal bias in the adoption of surnames following marriage in the United Kingdom and the United States / Eleanor Peters -- Naming, expressive interests, and the law : the implications of governmental form design / Laura A. Heymann -- Laws and policies regulating personal names and transgender and gender diverse identities in the US and Canada / Sharon N. Obasi and I. M. Nick -- Both and vs. either or : the challenge of official names and naming for the US census in multicultural America / I. M. Nick -- Applied toponymy in the United States : a compendium of the history and policy development of geographic names and naming / Roger Payne -- Toponomy and law : neighborhood names in legal perspective information classification : general / Nestor M. Davidson and David Fagundes -- The law on geographical indications and traditional food names : protecting local and regional interests in a global arena / Caoimhín Macmaoláin -- From Fluoxetine to Prozac : how the pharmaceutical industry builds brand identity through prescription drug naming / Pascaline Faure -- Naming unnamed diseases : governmental policies, historical practices, and identity repercussions / I. M. Nick -- The name of the rose (and everything else) : how codes and practices in naming biological species reflect cultural identities / Stephen B. Heard -- Names, identity interests, US American trademark law, and collective face / Michael Adams -- What's in a name? linguistic and legal aspects of company names, product, and service names, trademarks, and brands / Alan Durant and Jennifer Davis.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Names, naming, and the law Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9781032556413
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003431510
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003431510
