Language Rights and the Law in the United States - Finding our Voices

This book is provides a review of the legal status of minority languages in the US and provides the historical and political context for the legal manoeuvring that culminated in landmark civil rights victories. All cases are discussed in an accessible manner to the non-legal audience. Topics range from the English-only movement to consumer law.

About the author

Sandra Del Valle is a civil rights lawyer born and raised in New York City of Puerto Ricon parents. She has worked on language rights issues in the U.S. for over ten years. She specializies in the educational rights of language minority children. She lives on Long Island with her husband and two daughters.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Del Valle, Sandra Normann del Valle, Sandara del Valle
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2003
• EAN: 9781853596582
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-658-2
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 699 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures