Latinos and American law : landmark Supreme Court cases / Carlos R. Soltero.
2006
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Latinos and American law : landmark Supreme Court cases / Carlos R. Soltero.
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1st ed.
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Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
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x, 239 pages ; 24 cm
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Botiller v. Dominguez (1889), Mexican land grants, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Balzac v. Porto [sic] Rico (1922), the insular cases (1901) and Puerto Rico's status in the American legal system
Hernandez v. Texas (1954) and the exclusion of Mexican-Americans from grand juries
Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966) and voting rights of Puerto Ricans with limited english proficiency
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) and the rights of the criminally accused
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973) and the search for equality in school funding
Espinoza v. Farah Mfg. Co. (1973) and "national origin" discrimination in employment
United States v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975), law and order on the border
Plyler v. Doe (1982) and educating children of illegal aliens
INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca (1987), refugees, and political asylum
U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990) and limits to the applicability of the Bill of Rights geographically and as to only "the people"
Hernandez v. New York (1991) and the exclusion of bilingual jurors
Johnson v. Degrandy (1994), Cuban-Americans, and voting rights in the American legal system
Alexander v. Sandoval (2001), title VI, and the court's refusal to consider the validity of English-only laws or rules.
Balzac v. Porto [sic] Rico (1922), the insular cases (1901) and Puerto Rico's status in the American legal system
Hernandez v. Texas (1954) and the exclusion of Mexican-Americans from grand juries
Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966) and voting rights of Puerto Ricans with limited english proficiency
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) and the rights of the criminally accused
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973) and the search for equality in school funding
Espinoza v. Farah Mfg. Co. (1973) and "national origin" discrimination in employment
United States v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975), law and order on the border
Plyler v. Doe (1982) and educating children of illegal aliens
INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca (1987), refugees, and political asylum
U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990) and limits to the applicability of the Bill of Rights geographically and as to only "the people"
Hernandez v. New York (1991) and the exclusion of bilingual jurors
Johnson v. Degrandy (1994), Cuban-Americans, and voting rights in the American legal system
Alexander v. Sandoval (2001), title VI, and the court's refusal to consider the validity of English-only laws or rules.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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029271310X cloth alkaline paper
0292714114 paperback alkaline paper
9780292713109
9780292714113
0292714114 paperback alkaline paper
9780292713109
9780292714113
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