Latinos and American law [[electronic resource] ] : landmark Supreme Court cases / / Carlos R. Soltero

• Autore: Soltero Carlos R. <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 pages)
• Disciplina: 342.7308/73
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "To achieve justice and equal protection under the law, Latinos have turned to the U.S. court system to assert and defend their rights. Some of these cases have reached the United States Supreme Court, whose rulings over more than a century have both expanded and restricted the legal rights of Latinos, creating a complex terrain of power relations between the U.S. government and the country's now-largest ethnic minority. To map this legal landscape, Latinos and American Law examines fourteen landmark Supreme Court cases that have significantly affected Latino rights, from Botiller v. Dominguez in 1889 to Alexander v. Sandoval in 2001."-from Amazon.com
• Titolo autorizzato: Latinos and American law
• ISBN: 0-292-79575-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777800803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II