Language rights and the law in the United States: finding our voices
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1. Verfasser: Del Valle, Sandra (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Clevedon, UK Multilingual Matters c2003
Schriftenreihe:Bilingual education and bilingualism 40
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Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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A History of Language Rights: Between Tolerance and Hostility -- Nativism and Language Restrictions: Echoes of the Past at the End of the Twentieth Century -- Fulfilling the Promise of Citizenship: English Literacy, Naturalization, and Voting Rights -- Language Rights in the Workplace: Negotiating Boundaries Within Close Spaces -- Language Rights in Litigation: Making the Case for Greater Protections in Criminal and Civil Proceedings -- Bilingual Education: Learning and Politics in the Classroom -- Native American Education: The US Implements an English-Only Policy -- Due Process and Governmental Benefits: When English-Only is Enough -- Commerce and Language Minorities: Remaking Old Laws for New Consumers -- The Place of International Law in Promoting Linguistic Human Rights Within the United States -- Appendix: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 357 p.)
ISBN:1853596442
9781853596445

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