Democracy, minorities and international law /

Democracy, minorities and international law /

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Author / Creator:	Wheatley, Steven, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 42 Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 42.
Subject:	Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12599099

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Varying Form of Title:	Democracy, Minorities & International Law
ISBN:	9780511584336 (ebook) 9780521848985 (hardback)
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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.
Other form:	Print version: 9780521848985

Table of Contents:

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