Democracy, minorities and international law / Steven Wheatley.
"This work explores the contribution that international law may make to the resolution of cultural 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 en...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996).
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This work explores the contribution that international law may make to the resolution of cultural 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 the 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."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 201 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521848989 9780521848985 |