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Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Access to justice in a recognized language (either official or minority language) is one of the most relevant but also delicate of language rights, since it concerns the entire law system and involves many decisions of distributional and political character. One of the risks in bi- or multilingual jurisdictions is to reduce justice to a language service for an important segment of citizens. Justice is more than a (language) service: it aims at the realization of the rule of law and has an important impact on the (de)legitimization of the state. In what language individuals may interact with the judiciary and surrounding staff expresses the extent of (in)equality and (dis)empowerment of speakers of different languages.

Source: Just Journal of Language Rights & Minorities Revista de Drets Lingüístics i Minories

DOI: 10.7203/just.4.32147

Authors: Xabier Arzoz, Vicenta Tasa Fuster

Institutions: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Universitat de València

Language: English

Topic: Minority Rights and Languages

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7117536656

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