The volume is one of a series of six listing language-related legislation around the world. It contains the texts, in French, of laws of Colombia, the United States federal and some state governments (California, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New York), Mexico, and Puerto Rico, and those relating to international treaties, specifically those of Austria, Austria/Czechoslovakia, Austria/Italy, Italy/Yugoslavia, Turkey, Belgium/Netherlands, Europe, and the United Nations. The laws concern official languages, regional and minority languages, language maintenance, and language use in education, educational administration, public administration, the justice system, the armed forces, and international trade and intergovernmental relations. A subject index is included. (MSE)