Latinos and American law : landmark Supreme Court cases / / Carlos R. Soltero.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Soltero, Carlos R., 1969-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 239 p.

Table of 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.