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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Ingram Content Group
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31949781853596445
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Title
Language rights and the law in the United States.
International Standard Book Number
1853596582
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil rights-- United States.
English language-- Political aspects-- United States.
Language policy-- United States.
Linguistic minorities-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States.
Civil rights.
Einsprachigkeit
English language-- Political aspects.
Erziehung
Gewalt
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Sociolinguistics.