Name Law and Gender in Iceland
A person’s name is at once a central marker of personal identity (including gender identity), a linguistic artifact, and a label used to identify individuals at all levels of social organization. Legal monitoring of personal name choice correlates with aspects of state formation and centralization....
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
2009
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| Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0ds6g1hf |
| Summary: | A person’s name is at once a central marker of personal identity (including gender identity), a linguistic artifact, and a label used to identify individuals at all levels of social organization. Legal monitoring of personal name choice correlates with aspects of state formation and centralization. |
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