Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination : : The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights / / Hurst Hannum.

Demands for "autonomy" or minority rights have given rise to conflicts, often violent, in every region of the world and under every political system. Through an analysis of contemporary international legal norms and an examination of several specific case studies-including Hong Kong, India...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©1996
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Revised Edition
Language:English
Series:Procedural Aspects of International Law
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Physical Description:1 online resource (552 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I The International Legal Context
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Sovereignty, Statehood, and Nationalism
  • Chapter 3. Self-Determination
  • Chapter 4. The Rights of Minorities
  • Chapter 5. Indigenous ~ights
  • Chapter 6. Human Rights
  • Part II Searching for Solutions: Nine Case Studies
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 7. Hong Kong
  • Chapter 8. India and the Punjab
  • Chapter 9. The Kurds
  • Chapter 10. The Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua
  • Chapter 11. Northern Ireland
  • Chapter 12. The Saami (Lapp) People of Norway, Sweden, and Finland
  • Chapter 13. Spain-the Basque Country and Catalonia
  • Chapter 14. Sri Lanka
  • Chapter 15. Sudan
  • Part III Other Examples of Autonomous Arrangements
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 16. Federal or Quasi-Federal Structures
  • Chapter 17. Territories of International Concern
  • Chapter 18. Other Situations of Interest
  • Part IV Conclusion
  • Chapter 19. Conclusion
  • Recent Developments
  • Postscript
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index