Introduction

PART 1: Multilingualism, the judiciary and security services
1. Language and the administration of justice: an international framework

PART II: Multilingualism, the judiciary and security services in Belgium
2. Lessons from the Flemish/Brussels/Belgian experience
3. Basic principles of language legislation in the judiciary in Belgium
4. Language legislation in the judiciary in Belgium: legal principles

PART III: Multilingualism, the judiciary and security services in other European countries
5. Towards a Pan-European language policy for the European Union
6. The Spanish case
7. Multilingualism in the judiciary in Switzerland: judicial languages and language competence among judges

PART IV: Multilingualism, the judiciary and security services in South Africa
8. Towards a multilingual policy in the judiciary and security services in South Africa
9. Democratic security in multicultural societies – the South African case
10. Why a multilingual policy for South Africa?
11. A proposal on the language of record and language use in South African courts
12. Language policy of the South African Police Service
13. Multilingualism in the South African Department of Defence

PART V: Multilingualism, the judiciary and security services in some SADC countries
14. Managing multilingualism in SADC
15. Multilingualism and the judiciary in Lesotho: the challenges of the 21st century
16. Multilingualism in the judiciary and security services in Botswana