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Legal Interpreting

Teaching, Research, and Practice

Edited by Jeremy L. Brunson
Contributions by Natalie Atlas, Michèle Berger, Bucher Barbar, Clark LeWana, Jérôme Devaux, Doggen Carolien, Gino S. Gouby, Sandra Hale, Tobias Haug, Flurina Krähenbühl, Robert G. Lee, Lorraine Leeson, Scott Robert Loos, Teresa Lynch, Carla M. Mathers, Gene Mirus, Jemina Napier, Barbara Rossier, Debra Russell, Heidi Salaets, Mehera San Roque, Risa Shaw, Haaris Sheikh, Robert Skinner, David Spencer, Christopher A. Stone, Christopher Tester, Graham H. Turner, and Myriam Vermeerbergen
Categories: Translation and Interpreting Studies, Law
Series: Interpreter Education

Linguistic minorities are often severely disadvantaged in legal events, with consequences that could impact one’s very liberty. Training for interpreters to provide full access in legal settings is ...

Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System

Selected Topics on Advocacy, Incarceration, and Social Justice

Edited by Debra Guthmann, Gabriel I. Lomas, Damara Goff Paris, and Gabriel A. “Tony” Martin
Categories: Law, Psychology / Mental Health, Translation and Interpreting Studies

The legal system is complex, and without appropriate access, many injustices can occur. Deaf people in the criminal justice system are routinely denied sign language interpreters, videophone access, and ...

Legal Rights, 6th Ed.

The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

Sixth Edition, New Completely Revised

By National Association of the Deaf
Categories: Professional / Reference, Law

The standard handbook on law affecting deaf and hard of hearing people has been completely rewritten and updated. The sixth edition of Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People meticulously ...

The Human Right to Language

Communication Access for Deaf Children

1st Edition

By Lawrence Siegel
Categories: Deaf Education, Law, Deaf Studies

In 1982, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Amy Rowley, a deaf six-year-old, was not entitled to have a sign language interpreter in her public school classroom. Lawrence Siegel wholeheartedly ...