Self Determination and National Minorities

Thomas D. Musgrave

Oxford University Press on Demand, 2000 - Law - 290 pages

The concept of self-determination has played a very important role in the shaping of the international community in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is closely linked in a number of different ways to the status of minorities and minorities frequently make claims to self-determination as a right for themselves. This book explores the relationship between self-determination and minority rights in international law. It discusses recent events, such as the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, in a valuable historical context. The author's analysis of the issues provides the reader with a significant clarification of the legal issues involved, especially since the establishment of the UN and the development of international norms of human rights.

About the author

Thomas Musgrave is a lecturer in law at the University of Wollongong in Australia. He has practised as a barrister in Canada.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Self Determination and National Minorities; Mil Series; Oxford monographs in international law
• Author: Thomas D. Musgrave
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand, 2000
• ISBN: 0198298986, 9780198298984
• Length: 290 pages
• Subjects: Law / International; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism