All Outputs (2)

Developing Deaf jurisprudence: The role of interpreters and translators (2022)
Book Chapter
Wilks, R. (2022). Developing Deaf jurisprudence: The role of interpreters and translators. In C. Stone, R. Adam, R. Müller de Quadros, & C. Rathmann (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Translation and Interpreting (249-266). Oxford: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019664-21

The aim of this chapter is to contextualise the role of sign language interpreters and translators within a Deaf jurisprudence framework. Several critical issues and topics are discussed: the disparity between the Deaf identity and the laws that prov... Read More about Developing Deaf jurisprudence: The role of interpreters and translators.

Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland (2019)
Book Chapter
Lawson, L., McLean, F., O'Neill, R., & Wilks, R. (2019). Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland. In The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World (67-81). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters

A delegation of Deaf people met Members of the Scottish Parliament when it was opened in 1999 to discuss the recognition of British Sign Language (BSL). Members of the cross-party group on deafness, along with the positive support from civil servants... Read More about Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland.