The Courts, the Legislature and society

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Presentation x
5. Legal and Linguistic Perspectives on Language Legislation 1
6. The Linguistic Rights of Non-English Speaking Suspects, Whitnesses, Victims and Defendants 24
7. Great Mischiefs — An Historical Look at Language Legislation in Great Britain 32
8. The Crminalization of Spanish in the United States 55
9. Towards Consensus? Standard English in the National Curriculum 68
10. Beyond an Anglo-Saxon Confederation 84
11. Anatomy of the English-Only Movement 96
12. The Courts, the Legislature and society 123
13. Language Rights Arguments in Central Europe and the USA 142
14. What Happens After English is Declared the Official Language of the United States? 179
15. A Historical Perspective on Language Policy in Russia 196
16. Majority Language, Minority Misery 206
17. On the Eleven-Official Languages Policy of the New South Africa 225
18. OAU’s Resolutions on African Languages and the State of Their Implementation 240
19. Language Policy in Education and the Future of Indigenous Languages in Post-Apartheid South Africa 248
20. Language and human Rights in Africa 261
21. The Case for Brazilian Sign Language 269
22. Requirements, Dynamics and Realities of Language Use in the EU 288
23. French Language Policy and Francophonie 310
24. Quebec’s Charter of the French Language Twenty Years After 320
25. The Philosophy of the French Language Legislation 341
26. The role of the french Language in Maintening Linguistic Diversity in North America 351
27. Bibliography 363
28. Index of Personal Names 395
29. Index of Languages 399
30. General Index 403