Justice in English-only (Record no. 525789)

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Personal name Buuren, Joseph van
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Title Justice in English-only
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Place of publication, distribution, etc Social & Legal Studies
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Extent 33(2), Apr, 2024: p.191-212
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Summary, etc Australia has long sought to portray itself as a proudly multicultural nation that claims to welcome and celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity. This article seeks to illustrate how the law, legal discourse and precedent continue to exclude and symbolically punish language-minoritised people, through reinforcing unofficial ‘English-only’ rules. This is accompanied by efforts to deny or downplay the racialised effects of linguistic marginalisation. ‘Equality’ discourses are especially powerful in this kind of denialism, where particular groups are portrayed as equally disadvantaged by particular language requirements needed to exercise and operationalise certain legal rights. This construct of a ‘shared inequality’ when it comes to language is effective in denying that laws can operate in a racially discriminatory manner. At an interactional level, racialised ‘English-only’ rules are reinforced through the policing and assessing of the language practices of minoritised witnesses and accused people. Speaking the ‘right way’ becomes particularly relevant when courtroom credibility assessments are tied to how a person speaks. In this regards, English monolingualism is constructed as the normative benchmark against which the linguistic and racial ‘Other’ is adjudged. This means that a failure to meet this standard can become a basis for questioning a person's credibility and believability as a witness.- Reproduced

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09646639231173669
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          Indian Institute of Public Administration Indian Institute of Public Administration 2024-04-15 33(2), Apr, 2024: p.191-212 AR131580 2024-04-15 Articles

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