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Rights in divided societies

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford Hart Publishing 2012Description: 273p viiISBN:
  • 9781849461009
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.085000 HAR
Contents:
Table of contents 1 Introduction Colin Harvey and Alex Schwartz; I. Divided Democracy; 2 Rights versus Democracy? The Bill of Rights in Plurinational States Stephen Tierney; 3 Managing Conflict Through Democracy Samuel Issacharoff; 4 Ethnicity and Competing Nations of Rights Yash Ghai; II. Judicial Independence and Empowerment; 5 Independent or Dependent? Constitutional Courts in Divided Societies Sujit Choudhry and Richard Stacey; 6 Judicial Empowerment in Divided Societies: The Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Process in Comparative Perspective Alex Schwartz and Colin Harvey; III. Post-Conflict Constitutions; 7 The Nature and Effects of Constitutional Rights in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina David Feldman; 8 Constitutional Change and the Quest for Legal Inclusion in Nepal Mara Malagodi; IV. Pluralism; 9 The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canadian Unity Daniel Weinstock; 10 Education, Crucifixes and Headscarves: The Appropriation of Meanings and the Content of Rights in Divided Societies Ruth Rubio-Marin and Leonardo Alvarez-Alvarez; 11 Forcing Consensus: Challenges for Rights-based Constitutionalism in Chile Amaya Alvez Marin
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Table of contents
1 Introduction Colin Harvey and Alex Schwartz;
I. Divided Democracy;
2 Rights versus Democracy? The Bill of Rights in Plurinational States Stephen Tierney;
3 Managing Conflict Through Democracy Samuel Issacharoff;
4 Ethnicity and Competing Nations of Rights Yash Ghai;
II. Judicial Independence and Empowerment;
5 Independent or Dependent? Constitutional Courts in Divided Societies Sujit Choudhry and Richard Stacey;
6 Judicial Empowerment in Divided Societies: The Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Process in Comparative Perspective Alex Schwartz and Colin Harvey;
III. Post-Conflict Constitutions;
7 The Nature and Effects of Constitutional Rights in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina David Feldman;
8 Constitutional Change and the Quest for Legal Inclusion in Nepal Mara Malagodi;
IV. Pluralism;
9 The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canadian Unity Daniel Weinstock;
10 Education, Crucifixes and Headscarves: The Appropriation of Meanings and the Content of Rights in Divided Societies Ruth Rubio-Marin and Leonardo Alvarez-Alvarez;
11 Forcing Consensus: Challenges for Rights-based Constitutionalism in Chile Amaya Alvez Marin