Minority Rights in the 'New' Europe - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9041111247 ISBN 13: 9789041111241

Publisher: Brill Nijhoff, 1999

Synopsis

Examining the legal regime in the post-Cold War era which has developed in response to the demands of ethnic, racial and religious groups in Europe, these essays seek to examine the old problem of national minorities in the new Europe. They consider the response of the main institutions within Europe (the Council of Europe, OSCE and the European Union), the increasing recourse of states to bilateral arrangements, the developing content of minority rights, the challenges posed by state-building, and the resolution of conflicts involving national minorities.

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Review

'This well-researched book sets out the present state of play within Europe, defining its boundaries as political rather than regional. [...] A thought-provoking analysis of new religious movements (or cults), their challenge to different states' legislation - up to and including European Court judgments - makes for a particularly interesting section within this edition.'
Helsinki Monitor, 10:2 (1999).
'[T]he accounts contained here comprise positivist discussions by academics and practitioners in the field and as such they exemplify the increasingly hands-on attempts being made within the European legal order and the municipal systems of individual states to protect groups as right-bearers.'
SCOLAG Legal Journal, December 2000.
'The potential reader will find these essays a very good update on the subject at its current juncture in international law and politics.'
Immigrants and Minorities, 2000.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9041111247
• ISBN 13: 9789041111241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Cumper Peter, Wheatley Steven