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Mexican Americans and the Law : ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Overview of the U.S. Court System
- Structure of this Book
- List of Acronyms
- 1. Mexican Americans and the Law
- Brief History of Mexican Americans and the Law
- People v. Zammora (Sleepy Lagoon, 1944)
- Securing the Rights of Mexican Americans
- The Legal Construction of Mexican American Identity
- Hernández v. Texas (1954)
- Other Legal Protections
- Theme of the Book
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Notes
- 2. Educational Equality
- Segregation
- Mendez v. Westminister School District of Orange County (1946)
- Unequal Funding
- San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodríguez (1973)
- Other Educational Challenges
- Concluding Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Notes
- 3. Gender and the Law
- Reproductive Rights
- Madrigal v. Quilligan (1981)
- Sexual Harassment and Other Workplace Discrimination
- EEOC v. Hacienda Hotel (1989)
- Violence, Gender, and Sexual Identity
- Aguirre-Cervantes v. INS (2001)
- Concluding Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Notes
- 4. Law and Language
- Early History of Language in the United States
- Language as a Civil Rights Issue
- Ýñiguez v. Arizonans for Official English (1995)
- Language in the Workplace
- García v. Gloor (1980)
- Bilingual Education
- Serna v. Portales Municipal Schools (1974)
- Recent Challenges
- Concluding Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Notes
- 5. Immigration
- Securing the U.S.-Mexico Border
- U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975)
- U.S. v. Martínez-Fuerte (1976)
- The Challenge of Public Benefits
- Plyler v. Doe (1982)
- League of United Latin American Citizens v. Wilson (1997)
- Other Important Developments
- Concluding Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Notes
- 6. Voting Rights
- Voting Rights Litigation
- Reapportionment and Redistricting
- White v. Regester (1973)
- Redistricting after White
- Bush v. Vera (1996)
- Combining Forces with African Americans
- The Unrealized Hope of Statistical Sampling
- Concluding Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Notes
- 7. Affirmative Action
- Brief History of Affirmative Action
- Legal Standards for Reviewing Affirmative Action Programs
- Affirmative Action in Institutions of Higher Learning
- Hopwood v. State of Texas (1996)
- State Initiatives
- Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson (1997)
- Concluding Thoughts
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings
- Notes
- 8. The Criminal Justice System
- Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection and Jury Exclusion
- Hernández v. Texas (1954)
- Hernández v. New York (1991)
- Voluntary Confessions and the Fifth Amendment Right against Self-Incrimination
- Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
- Sixth Amendment Right to Legal Counsel
- Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
- Concluding Thoughts