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

Contributor(s): Moore, Joanne I, 1951- | Fisher, Margaret, 1950-.

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BookPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999Description: xi, 263 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0295977809 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Conduct of court proceedings -- United States

| Immigrants -- United States

| Criminal justice, Administration of -- Cross-cultural studies

| Court interpreting and translating -- United States

DDC classification: 345.73/05

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 -- 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 -- 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 Joanna I. Moore.

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