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Latinos and American law : landmark Supreme Court cases
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Latinos and American law : landmark Supreme Court cases

Author: Carlos R Soltero
Publisher: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition/Format:  Book : State or province government publication : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A historical overview and analysis of fourteen landmark Supreme Court cases that have significantly affected Latino rights in such areas as education, the administration of criminal justice, voting  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Cases
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Soltero, Carlos R., 1969-
Latinos and American law.
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006
(OCoLC)607745203
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Carlos R Soltero
ISBN: 029271310X 9780292713109 0292714114 9780292714113
OCLC Number: 68373430
Description: x, 239 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: Carlos R. Soltero.
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