Chapter 5. Language Rights in Litigation: Making the Case for Greater Protections in Criminal and Civil Proceedings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. A History of Language Rights: Between Tolerance and Hostility 9
6. Chapter 2. Nativism and Language Restrictions: Echoes of the Past at the End of the Twentieth Century 54
7. Chapter 3. Fulfilling the Promise of Citizenship: English Literacy, Naturalization, and Voting Rights 88
8. Chapter 4. Language Rights in the Workplace: Negotiating Boundaries Within Close Spaces 117
9. Chapter 5. Language Rights in Litigation: Making the Case for Greater Protections in Criminal and Civil Proceedings 159
10. Chapter 6. Bilingual Education: Learning and Politics in the Classroom 217
11. Chapter 7. Native American Education: The US Implements an English- Only Policy 275
12. Chapter 8. Due Process and Governmental Benefits: When English-Only is Enough 298
13. Chapter 9. Commerce and Language Minorities: Remaking Old Laws for New Consumers 311
14. Chapter 10. The Place of International Law in Promoting Linguistic Human Rights Within the United States 328
15. Appendix: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 348