Winter 1997, Vol. 27, No. 1

Front Matter

CONTENTS

What Now For The Texas Colonias?    1
JoAnn Matthiesen

Memories And Miracles—Housing The Rural Poor Along The United States-Mexico Border: A Comparative Discussion Of Colonia Formation And Remediation In El Paso County,Texas, and Doña Ana County, New Mexico    33
Nancy L. Simmons

Lawyers, Linguists, Story-Tellers, And Limited English-Speaking Witnesses    77
Miguel A. Méndez

The Cultural Defense And The Problem Of Cultural Preemption: A Framework For Analysis    101
Nancy S. Kim

Why No Rule Of Law In Mexico? Explaining The Weakness Of Mexico's Judicial Branch    141
Michael C. Taylor

Massive Resistance—The Rhetoric And The Reality   167
Judith A. Hagley

Lines Of Demarcation In A Town Called Frontera: A Review Of John Sayles' Movie Lone Star    223
Margaret E. Montoya

NOTE

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW—Challenging Proposition 187's Constitutionality: League Of United Latin American Citizens v. Wilson   241
Joshua Fox