TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kibbee,Douglas A.
TI  - Language and the law: linguistic inequality in America 
SN  - 9781107623118 (paperback)
AV  - KF 3466 K46l 2016
U1  - 342.7308/7 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Linguistic minorities
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - United States
KW  - Lenguaje y lenguas
KW  - Legislación
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Libertad de palabra
KW  - Estudio de casos
KW  - Languages
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Derecho constitucional
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-217) and indexes; Equality, liberty, and fairness in America -- Language and democracy -- Linguistic inequality in the legal system -- Language and education -- Government, public services, and the English-only movement -- Language in the workplace -- Conclusions
N2  - "All men are created equal" is the first "self-evident truth" of the Declaration of Independence. However clearly they are equal only in their fundamental humanity, not in their physical attributes or mental talents. These natural differences create distinctions both rational and irrational. The law is called upon to regulate these distinctions, to ensure rationality while preserving liberty through the institutions of a democratic state . Is distinction based on language natural and rational, or arbitrary and irrational? In the following pages we will examine the determination of legal and illegal distinctions, in national and international frameworks"--
ER  -