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VoLuME 57, NuMBER 3AUGUST 2010ISSN 0049-3155AUGUST 2010Special Issue: “Legal Issues in Global Contexts”ARTICLESAPPLIED RESEARCH251 Technical Communication in the HealthFields: Executive Order 13166 and ItsImpact on Translation and LocalizationNicole St. Germaine-McDanielAPPLIED RESEARCH266 Writing for the Participants ofInternational Clinical Trials: Law,Ethics, and CultureTatiana BatovaAPPLIED THEORY282 Legal and Regulatory Issues for TechnicalCommunicators Conducting GlobalInternet ResearchHeidi A. McKee and James E. PorterAPPLIED THEORY300 Consuming Digital Rights: Mapping theArtifacts of EntertainmentLiza PottsDEPARTMENTS249 GUEST EDITORIALLegal Issues in Global Contexts:Reconsidering Content in an Ageof GlobalizationKirk St.Amant andMartine Courant Rife330 BOOK REVIEWSAvon J. Murphy, Editor361 RECENT & RELEVANTSherry Southard, EditorAPPLIED RESEARCH319 International Fair Use?TyAnna K. HerringtonSTC offiCE 9401 Lee Highway Suite 300 fairfax, VA 22031-1803 +1 (703) 522-4114 fax +1 (703) 522-2075
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