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.
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Clevedon :
Multilingual Matters,
2003.
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Series: | Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.