[lg policy] bibitem: Language Policy in the United States, chapter in OXFORD HANDBOOK ON LANGUAGE AND LAW, L. Solan, P. Tiersma, eds., 2010

[Harold Schiffman]

Language Policy in the United States

Peter Tiersma
Loyola Law School Los Angeles


November 16, 2010

OXFORD HANDBOOK ON LANGUAGE AND LAW, L. Solan, P. Tiersma, eds., 2010
Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-52

Abstract:
This chapter of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook on Language and Law
contains an overview of language policy in the United States, starting
in the early days of the republic, the attempts to force Native
Americans to assimilate culturally and linguistically to the dominant
English-speaking American culture, the nativist movement around World
War I, and the more recent efforts to make English the official
language of the United States and of individual states. More
specifically, it discusses the constitutionality of Official English
(or English-only) laws and ends with a brief survey of rights of
limited English speakers to social services in their own languages and
to have their children receive bilingual education.

Working Paper Series
Date posted: November 16, 2010
Suggested Citation

Tiersma, Peter M., Language Policy in the United States (November 16,
2010). OXFORD HANDBOOK ON LANGUAGE AND LAW, L. Solan, P. Tiersma,
eds., 2010; Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-52. Available at
SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1710224




Contact Information
Peter M. Tiersma (Contact Author)
Loyola Law School Los Angeles ( email )
919 Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
United States
213-736-1162 (Phone)
213-380-3769 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: www.tiersma.com

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