Democracy, minorities and international law / Steven Wheatley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheatley, Steven, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 42.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Democracy, Minorities & International Law

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The rights of minorities

The self-determination of peoples

Democracy.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780511584336

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