• Foundation of legal methodology under aspects of philosophy of language
• Language problems in employment law
• Perspectives and problems of English as a lingua franca in law - Problems of the European Union language law

• Criticism of legal concept formation and interpretation of law under aspects of philosophy of language
• Analysis of legal problems in employment relationships with migrant workers
• Analysis of the possibilities and limits of the introduction of a corporate language
• Analysis of legal problems of the language policy of multinational companies
• Interpretation problems in multilingual legal systems
• Survey and analysis of initiatives taken in different European countries to introduce English as a court language in international commercial disputes
• Critical assessment of the transposition of Directive 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings into German law
• Critical legal and political assessment of the language regime of the European patent with unitary effect

Prof. Dr. Manfred Herbert Schmalkalden
University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Business and Economics
Business law and employment law
E-mail: m.herbert(at)hs-sm.de 
Phone: 03683 6883107

• pdf (english): Language and Law 
• pdf (german): Sprache und Recht