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MacMillan, C. Michael.

The practice of language rights in Canada / C. Michael MacMillan. - Toronto [Ont.] ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (x, 263 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index.

Justifying language rights -- The practice of language rights: the Canadian experience -- Legislating national language rights in Canada -- Quebec: collective rights to language -- Legislating language equality: New Brunswick -- Equality of languages: theoretical considerations -- The status of third languages -- Contemporary challenges to national language policy.

The Practice of Language Rights in Canada is a unique contribution to the current literature not only because it conceives of language rights as a human right but also because it frames the whole debate about language rights in Canada as a question of values and entitlements.

ISBN: 9781442678705 (electronic bk.) 1442678704 (electronic bk.) (bd.) (pbk.)

Source: 22573/ctt56gb6 JSTOR

Nat. Bib. No.: C98-930661-5

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1969-1997.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Language policy--Canada.
Politique linguistique--Canada.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Sociolinguistics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--General.
Language and languages--Law and legislation.
Sprachpolitik
Zweisprachigkeit

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Canada--Language--Law and legislation.
Canada.
Kanada

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: P119.32.C3 / M32 1998eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.44/971