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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Valle, Sandra Del
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2003.
Series:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Series.
Subjects:
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.
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.

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