Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World -- Part 1: Recent Sign Language Laws -- 1. 'Ah, That's Not Necessary, You Can Read English Instead': An Analysis of State Language Policy Concerning Irish Sign Language and Its Effects -- 2. The Korean Sign Language Act -- 3. The Road to Maltese Sign Language Recognition -- 4. Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland -- Part 2: Implicit Legal Recognition -- 5. A Roof without Foundation: Shifts in the Legal and Practical Status of Turkish Sign Language (TİD) Since 2005 -- 6. Progress and Problems in the Campaign for Sign Language Recognition in Japan -- 7. American Sign Language Legislation in the USA -- 8. Towards the Recognition of Chilean Sign Language -- 9. The Societal and Political Recognition of French Sign Language (LSF) in France: 1970-2018 -- Part 3: Ongoing Campaigns towards Explicit Legal Recognition -- 10. In Pursuit of Legal Recognition of the Sign Language of the Netherlands -- 11. The 'Language Issue': The Struggle and Path to the Recognition of LIS -- 12. Sign Language Legislation in Norway -- Part 4: Implementation of Sign Language Laws -- 13. Austrian Sign Language: Recognition Achieved but Discrimination Continues -- 14. Implementing Recognition of New Zealand Sign Language: 2006-2018 -- 15. The Legal Recognition of Icelandic Sign Language: Meeting Deaf People's Expectations? -- 16. Recognizing Brazilian Sign Language: Legislation and Outcomes -- 17. Legal Recognition and Regulation of Catalan Sign Language -- 18. A Belgian Compromise? Recognising French-Belgian Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language -- Epilogue: Claiming Multiple Positionalities: Lessons from the First Two Decades of Sign Language Recognition -- Index