Rights in divided societies [electronic resource] / edited by Colin Harvey and Alex Schwartz.

Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2012.

Series:

Human Rights Law in Perspective
Human rights law in perspective ; v. 17
Human Rights Law in Perspective ; v.17

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (285 p.)

Subjects:

Civil rights.
Cultural pluralism.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

This collection examines the role and value of domestic rights instruments in divided and post-conflict societies, approaching the subject from a comparative and theoretical perspective.

Contents:

Cover; Prelims; Contents; Author Biographies; 1. Introduction; Part I. Divided Democracy; 2. Rights versus Democracy? The Bill of Rights in Plurinational States; 3. Managing Conflict Through Democracy; 4. Ethnicity and Competing Notions of Rights; Part II. Judicial Independence and Empowerment; 5. Independent or Dependent? Constitutional Courts in Divided Societies; 6. Judicial Empowerment in Divided Societies: The Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Process in Comparative Perspective; Part III. Post-Conflict Constitutions
7. The Nature and Effects of Constitutional Rights in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina8. Constitutional Change and the Quest for Legal Inclusion in Nepal; Part IV. Pluralism; 9. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canadian Unity; 10. Education, Crucifixes and Headscarves: The Appropriation of Meanings and the Content of Rights in Divided Societies; 11. Forcing Consensus: Challenges for Rights-based Constitutionalism in Chile; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Harvey, Colin J.
Schwartz, Alex, 1978-

ISBN:

1-84731-980-7
1-4725-6612-2
1-283-86342-1
1-84731-979-3

OCLC:

823386075

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