Minority groups and judicial discourse in international law
Subtitle: a comparative perspective
By: by Gaetano Pentassuglia.
Series: International studies in human rights -- v. 102
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004176720
Subjects: Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc; Discrimination -- Law and legislation; International courts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Minority protection : a story in movements; title: The UN debate; title: The emerging fourth movement; title: Saramaka as an illustration of judicial discourse; title: A note on terminology and structure; title: Spaces of group identity; title: Domestic courts and international law; title: Indirect protection : spaces of freedom or the 'hands   off approach'; title: Direct protection : diffusing general human rights; title: Private and family life; title: Property; title: Education, language, participation; title: Non-discrimination; title: Reconciling majority and minority interests; title: Involvement in the decision-making process; title: (Positive) equality as a justifi catory test; title: Reconciling interests within the group; title: Women and the group; title: Dissenters and group representation; title: Right to judicial protection; title: Locus standi and injured party; title: Continuing effects of rights violation; title: Dimensions of judicial discourse : preliminary observations; title: Courts in plural societies; title: The theoretical debate; title: The case of socio-economic rights; title: International jurisprudence re-assessed; title: Expanding on the procedural model; title: Between substance and procedure; title: Interpretation as cross-fertilisation; title: On judicial persuasiveness; title: Between universalism and justice.