Democracy, Minorities and International Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-84898-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 487 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

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 recognises 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. Democracy is not to be understood simply as majority rule. Cultural conflicts in democratic States must be resolved in a way that is either acceptable or defensible and defeasible to all citizens, including persons belonging to ethno-cultural minorities. Democracy, Minorities and International Law examines the implications of this recognition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wheatley, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Wheatley, Steven
Steven Wheatley is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights Law and International Law at the University of Leeds.