Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination
The book questions the classic idea of self-determination – the right to self-determination is a right of peoples, not of minorities – by examining the content of the right to self-determination and the content of minority rights. Self-determination has f
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Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal SelfDetermination
Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination
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Ulrike Barten
Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination
Ulrike Barten Department of Law University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark
ISBN 978-3-319-08875-4 ISBN 978-3-319-08876-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08876-1 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014950833 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Distinguished reader, The book you are holding in your hand was originally written, submitted and accepted as a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Southern Denmark. For 3 years I could immerse myself into a topic which most scholars regard as two separate ones: minority rights and the right to self-determination. This book shows that they are two sides of the same coin. Minority rights guaranteed by international hard and soft law overlap considerably with the concept of internal self-determination. Thus, the conclusion is that minorities have a right to internal self-determination; a conclusion that states should not fear but can embrace in good faith. Since the thesis was submit
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