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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of the U.S. Court System | |
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| Structure of this Book | |
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| List of Acronyms | |
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| Mexican Americans and the Law | |
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| Brief History of Mexican Americans and the Law | |
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| People v. Zammora (Sleepy Lagoon, 1944) | |
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| Securing the Rights of Mexican Americans | |
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| The Legal Construction of Mexican American Identity | |
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| Hernandez v. Texas (1954) | |
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| Other Legal Protections | |
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| Theme of the Book | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Educational Equality | |
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| Segregation | |
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| Mendez v. Westminister School District of Orange County (1946) | |
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| Unequal Funding | |
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| San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973) | |
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| Other Educational Challenges | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Gender and the Law | |
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| Reproductive Rights | |
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| Madrigal v. Quilligan (1981) | |
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| Sexual Harassment and Other Workplace Discrimination | |
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| EEOC v. Hacienda Hotel (1989) | |
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| Violence, Gender, and Sexual Identity | |
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| Aguirre-Cervantes v. INS (2001) | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Law and Language | |
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| Early History of Language in the United States | |
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| Language as a Civil Rights Issue | |
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| Yniguez v. Arizonans for Official English (1995) | |
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| Language in the Workplace | |
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| Garcia v. Gloor (1980) | |
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| Bilingual Education | |
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| Serna v. Portales Municipal Schools (1974) | |
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| Recent Challenges | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Immigration | |
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| Securing the U.S.-Mexico Border | |
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| U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975) | |
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| U.S. v. Martinez-Fuerte (1976) | |
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| The Challenge of Public Benefits | |
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| Plyler v. Doe (1982) | |
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| League of United Latin American Citizens v. Wilson (1997) | |
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| Other Important Developments | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Voting Rights | |
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| Voting Rights Litigation | |
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| Reapportionment and Redistricting | |
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| White v. Regester (1973) | |
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| Redistricting after White | |
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| Bush v. Vera (1996) | |
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| Combining Forces with African Americans | |
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| The Unrealized Hope of Statistical Sampling | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Affirmative Action | |
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| Brief History of Affirmative Action | |
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| Legal Standards for Reviewing Affirmative Action Programs | |
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| Affirmative Action in Institutions of Higher Learning | |
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| Hopwood v. State of Texas (1996) | |
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| State Initiatives | |
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| Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson (1997) | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Criminal Justice System | |
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| Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection and Jury Exclusion | |
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| Hernandez v. Texas (1954) | |
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| Hernandez v. New York (1991) | |
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| Voluntary Confessions and the Fifth Amendment Right against Self-Incrimination | |
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| Miranda v. Arizona (1966) | |
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| Sixth Amendment Right to Legal Counsel | |
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| Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| List of Websites | |
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| Figure Credits | |
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| Index | |