Language Rights and the Law in the United States : Finding Our Voices.

A review of the legal status of minority languages in the USA. All the major cases in the USA concerning language rights are discussed in detail and in a manner that should be accessible to the non-legal reader. The topics range from the English-only movement to consumer law.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Valle, Sandra Del
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2003.
Colección:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Series.
Temas:
Language policy > United States.
Linguistic minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
English language > Political aspects > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Legal skills & practice.
LAW > General Practice.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
LAW > Legal Profession.
Civil rights
English language > Political aspects
Language policy
Linguistic minorities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Sprachliche Minderheit
Zweisprachigkeit
Einsprachigkeit
Erziehung
Gewalt
Sprachpolitik
Sprachenrecht
Unterdrückung
United States
Amerikanisches Englisch.
civil rights.
human rights.
language law.
language policy.
language.
minority languages.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 A History of Language Rights: Between Tolerance and Hostility; Chapter 2 Nativism and Language Restrictions: Echoes of the Past at the End of the Twentieth Century; Chapter 3 Fulfilling the Promise of Citizenship: English Literacy, Naturalization, and Voting Rights; Chapter 4 Language Rights in the Workplace: Negotiating Boundaries Within Close Spaces; Chapter 5 Language Rights in Litigation: Making the Case for Greater Protections in Criminal and Civil Proceedings; Chapter 6 Bilingual Education: Learning and Politics in the Classroom.

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