Rate My Professor Rocco Loiacono

Loiacono's research focuses on legal translation studies, comparative law, and property law. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals covering translation, linguistics, and law. Notable publications include 'The complexities of legal translation in the drafting of bilateral treaties between Italy and English-speaking countries' (2018, Perspectives: Studies in Translatology), 'The translator as an expert witness in court' (2022, Translation & Interpreting), 'Retrospective tax law: Has Pandora's Box opened never to be shut again?' (2017, Journal of Australian Taxation), 'Practical aspects of legal translation: the translation of an Italian land sale contract' (2015), 'The translation of proper names in legal translation. A study of the translation of the bilateral agreements between Australia and Italy' (2016), and 'Telling it like it is: oral presentations and peer assessment for business law students' (2016). His scholarship addresses issues such as expert evidence rules for translators, tax legislation interpretation, and landlord-tenant relations under tenancy laws. Loiacono contributes to public discussions on the rule of law and fundamental freedoms through lectures and media.