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Immigrants in courts / Joanne I. Moore, editor ; Margaret E. Fisher, associate editor.

Title
Immigrants in courts / Joanne I. Moore, editor ; Margaret E. Fisher, associate editor.
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Moore, Joanne I., 1951-
  • Fisher, Margaret, 1950-
Description
xi, 263 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Hundreds of thousands of immigrants enter the United States each year, and the number appearing in U.S. courts is rising in many states. Immigrants in Courts addresses their access to justice in the United States and the procedural obstacles they face. Immigrants' cultural and linguistic dilemmas in court are explored through their words and the reports of judges, attorneys, and court interpreters. Techniques for responding to the problem are examined in this readable and informative text."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Conduct of court proceedings > United States
  • Immigrants > United States
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > Cross-cultural studies
  • Court interpreting and translating > United States
  • Emigration and immigration law > United States
Genre/Form
Cross-cultural studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-255) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Speaking of culture : immigrants in the American legal system / Janet Bauer -- Interpreters in court proceedings / Joanne I. Moore and Ron A. Mamiya -- Immigration information for criminal cases in state courts / Norton Tooby -- Law and legal culture in China / Pitman B. Potter -- Mexican immigrants in court / Juan-Vicente Palerm, Bobby R. Vincent, and Kathryn Vincent -- The Shari'a̲ : Islamic law : what Muslims in the United States have in common / M. Cherif Bassiouni -- Middle Easterners in American courts / Mosabi Hamed and Joanne I. Moore -- The Russian Federation / Antti Korkeakivi and Maria Zolotukhina -- Vietnamese immigrants in American courts / Tai Van Ta -- Application : presiding over cases involving immigrants / Paul J. DeMuniz and Joanne I. Moore.
ISBN
0295977809 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^98045387^
OCLC
  • 40061305
  • SCSB-11688106
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library