This subject consists of three parts: 1) Discussion on bilingualism in law: staring from the historical development of legal bilingualism in Macao, examine briefly other systems of legal bilingualism and discuss main issues of legal bilingualism. 2) Translation and bilingual drafting: examine major issues and solutions. 3) Various practical issues in legal translation and bilingual law drafting.

CILO-1: Students will be able to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the theories, historical development of Macau bilingual law drafting and legal translation. CILO-2: Students will be able to recognize the legislative system under the Basic Law of Macao SAR of People's Republic of China. CILO-3: Students will be able to develop bilingual law drafting methods and skills, and to learn the methods of legal translation. CILO-4: Students will be able to get familiarity with bilingual law drafting and legal translation and a capacity to make effective use of them.