Democracy, Minorities and International Law

ISBN-13: 9780521848985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 201 str.

Steven Wheatley

Opis

This work explores the contribution that international law may make to the resolution of culture conflicts--political disputes between the members of different ethno-cultural groups--in democratic States. International law recognizes that persons belonging to minorities have the right to enjoy their own culture and peoples have the right to self-determination without detailing how these principles are to be put into effect. The emergence of democracy as a legal obligation of States permits the international community to concern itself with both the procedure and substance of 'democratic' decisions concerning ethno-cultural groups.

Recenzje

' … the book marks a valuable contribution to the agenda of the Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law and the other titles in this series … [it] will provide a useful and informative read for many political scientists, international relations scholars and other social scientists as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in these disciplines.' The Society of Legal Scholars

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Table of cases, opinions, treaties and other documents; Introduction; 1. The rights of minorities; 2. The self-determination of peoples; 3. Democracy; Conclusion.