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Sources of United States of America legal information in languages other than English

Online guide to finding United States legal information in languages other than English written by Mark E. Poorman, an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas and California who also holds a Masters Degree in Law Librarianship and Legal Informatics. The guide provides background information to the US legal system and statistics relating to the number of people living in the US for whom English is not their first language.

Court Challenges Program of Canada

Website of the Court Challenges Program of Canada a non-profit organisation which helps to fund important court cases relating to language and equality rights under the Canadian Constitution. There is background information to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the role of the courts. Sections of the Charter and the Constitution relating to equality and language rights are highlighted on the site.

Towards the human rights protection of minority languages in Africa

Guide to human rights protection of minority languages in Africa, by Innocent Maja, Senior Partner of a Zimbabwean law firm and a Lecturer in the Private Law Department at the University of Zimbabwe's Faculty of Law. The article was published in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The author provides an introduction to the subject looking at various definitions of what a minority language is and the threat of extinction to minority languages.

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