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Table of Contents:

• Ch. 1. Introduction: Toward an Understanding of Latinos/as in the United States and the U.S. Justice System
• Ch. 2. The Origins of Latino/a Presence in the United States: An Encounter with the History of U.S.-Latin American Relations
• Ch. 3. Discrimination and Latinos/as in the United States
• Ch. 4. Latinos/as and the U.S. Justice System: Present and Absent
• Ch. 5. A Tale of Two Cities: Latinos/as in Los Angeles and New York
• Ch. 6. A Culture-Based Approach to Working with Latino/a Communities: A Case Study
• Ch. 7. International Human Rights Standards and Latino/a Communities in the United States
• Ch. 8. The Quest for Justice
• Appendix A. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Appendix B. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
• Appendix C. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Appendix D. Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
• Appendix E. Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Appendix F. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Appendix G. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

Author/Creator:

Morín, José Luis

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Latino/a rights and justice in the United States: perspectives and approaches [by Morín, J.L.]

Subjects:

Hispanic Americans — Civil rights

United States — Race relations

Hispanic Americans

Race relations

United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-341) and index.

Physical Description:

xvii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

E184.S75 M675 2009

ISBNs:

9781594604065 (alk. paper)
1594604061 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007049074

OCLC Numbers:

183608433