Democracy, Minorities and International Law

by Steven Wheatley

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521848989
• ISBN13: 9780521848985
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"