Download This PaperLanguage Rights as a Legacy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
10 Pages Posted: 17 Jul 2015
Date Written: November 25, 2014
Abstract
The fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 offers an important opportunity to reflect on an earlier moment when civil rights evolved to accommodate new waves of immigration. This essay seeks to explain how civil rights laws evolved to include rights for immigrants and non-English speakers. More specifically, it seeks to explain how policy entrepreneurs in agencies read an affirmative right to language access.
Keywords: civil rights, language, national origin, administrative law
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Chen, Ming Hsu, Language Rights as a Legacy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (November 25, 2014). Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 67, p. 247, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2631758
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