The legal status of the Basque language today
Subtitle: one language, three administrations, seven different geographies and a diaspora
By: Gloria Totoricagüena, Iñigo Urrutia, eds.
Contributors: Totoricaguena, Gloria P. 1961-; Urrutia, Iñigo.
Publisher: Eusko Ikaskuntza
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Donostia [Spain]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9788484191643
Subjects: Basques -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Spain; Basques -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Foreign countries; Basque language; Language policy -- Spain; Spain -- Languages -- Law and legislation; France -- Languages -- Law and legislation
Description: Nine specialists give us their analyses and diagnoses of the legal status of language planning and of the current situation of the Basque language in its homeland and abroad. Articles detail contemporary legal cases, laws, government policies and programs both in Euskal Herria and in the Basque diaspora that hinder or help the living Basque language, Euskara. Language coexistence in Canada is highlighted as a comparative reference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Articles in English; prologue in English, Basque, Spanish, and French; abstracts in Basque, Spanish, and French.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Gloria Totoricagüena, Iñigo Urrutia; title: The experience of Canada in dealing with the adoption of legislation and the administration of justice in two official languages at the federal level / Michel Bastarache; title: The Basque language abroad: homeland and diaspora initiatives for Euskara / Gloria Totoricagüena; title: International legislation and the Basque language / Eva Pons Parera; title: Recognition of the Basque language in EU law: a pending issue? / Antoni Milian-Massana; title: The legal status of Euskara in the French and Spanish constitutional systems / Iñaki Lasagabaster; title: History of the "normalization" of Basque in the public administration sphere / Juan Cobarrubias; title: The Basque language in the Basque autonomous community / Iñigo Urrutia, Xabier Irujo; title: Basque in the Foral community of Navarre (CFN) / Xabier Irujo, Iñigo Urrutia; title: The Basque language in the French state / Francis Jauréguiberry; title: Final considerations / Xabier Irujo, Iñigo Urrutia.