EDUCATION UNDER CATALONIAS LAW OF LINGUISTIC NORMALIZATION - SPANISH CONSTITUTIONALISM AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN-RIGHTS LAW

In December 1994, the Spanish Constitutional Court put to rest a long- standing controversy regarding the constitutionality of the regional C atalan government's educational policy of Linguistic Normalization. Th is policy makes the Catalan language-not Spanish-the primary language of instruction in public schools. The Constitutional Court held that t he challenged provisions of the Catalan Law of Linguistic Normalizatio n are;constitutional. This decision illustrates the modern trend in Sp ain towards decentralization and extending important powers to regiona l governments.