Tolerance through law : self governance and group rights in South Tyrol / / edited by Jens Woelk, Francesco Palermo, and Joseph Marko.

• TeilnehmendeR: Woelk, Jens, 1964-; Palermo, Francesco.; Marko, Joseph, 1955-
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff eBook titles 2008
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (436 p.)
• Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

The autonomous province of South Tyrol in Northern Italy is generally considered to be one of the most successful examples for the solution of ethnic conflicts. The autonomy arrangement is characterized by detailed legal safeguards and strong guarantees creating a special and unique position within the Italian legal system and in a comparative perspective. This book gives an analysis of the evolution of the legal instruments and institutions of self-government and minority protection through power-sharing as well as of the experience gathered during decades of the implementation of a "working autonomy". It thus provides insights regarding the state and the evolution of this specific case as well as for the general tendencies in the development of territorial autonomy and minority protection.

Table of Contents

History of the South Tyrol conflict and its settlement / Emma Lantschner -- Protection of minorities under international law and the case of South Tyrol / Roberta Medda-Windischer -- South Tyrol's special status within the Italian Constitution / Francesco Palermo -- Institutions of self-government / Giuseppe Avolio -- Legislative and administrative autonomy / Sara Parolari and Leonhard Voltmer -- The financial system of the autonomous province of Bolzano/Bozen / Thomas Benedikter -- What it means to be special in relations with the central state : institutions and procedures / Jens Woelk -- Implementation and amendment of the autonomy statute / Francesco Palermo -- Cross-border cooperation between historical legacies and new horizons / Alice Engl and Carolin Zwilling -- Regional autonomies providing minority rights and the law of European integration : experiences from South Tyrol / Gabriel N. Toggenburg -- Individual and group rights in South Tyrol : Article 2 as "Grundnorm' of the autonomy statute / Jens Woelk -- Quota system, census, and declaration of Affiliation to a linguistic group / Emma Lantschner and Giovanni Poggeschi -- The educational system in South Tyrol / Siegfried Baur and Roberta Medda-Windischer -- Linguistic rights and the use of language / Cristina Fraenkel-Haeberle -- A "minority within a minority" : the special status of the Laden valleys / Gunther Rautz -- South Tyrol's special status in private law : the "Entailed Farm" and the "Grundbuch" systems / Giovanni Pggeschi -- South Tyrol's consociational democracy : between political claim and social reality / Gunther Pallaver -- Complex power sharing as conflict resolution : South Tyrol in comparative perspective / Stefan Wol -- Is there a South Tyrolean "model" of conflict resolution to be exported? / Joseph Marko.