TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jovanović,Miodrag A.
AU  - Henrard,Kristin
TI  - Sovereignty and diversity
SN  - 9077596534
AV  - KZ4041 .S665 2008
U1  - 320.15 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Utrecht
PB  - Eleven International Pub.
KW  - Sovereignty
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Law and legislation
N1  - Papers presented at the conference Legal and Political Solutions to Disputes over Sovereignty--From Kosovo to Quebec, organized by the Law Faculty, University of Belgrade, 8-9 July 2005; Includes bibliographical references; Sovereignty, statehood, and the diversity challenge -- pt. 1.Theorizing contested sovereignty -- Liberalism, secession and violence -- Why borders? Self-determination and the ethics of secession -- Role of uti possidetis in determining boundaries -- pt. 2.Reconciling sovereignty and diversity -- Trust and tolerance as state making values in multicultural societies -- Can decentralization do what federalism promises? -- Minority protection mechanisms as means to prevent and settle disputes over sovereignty -- pt. 3. Sovereignty and diversity in practice -- The legal regulation of secession: lessons from Yugoslavia and Canada -- Final status for Kosovo: should we really be petrified with the partition option? -- Higher law making as a political resource: constitutional amendments and the constructive fragmentation of sovereignty in India
ER  -