"The concept of vulnerability has not been unequivocally interpreted either in regional or in universal international legal instruments. This book analyses the work of the EU and the Council of Europe in ascertaining a clear framework or a set of criteria suitable to determine t…
Robert J. Hume examines how the democratization of state courts and state constitutional systems has influenced the capacity of judges to protect minority rights. Through an intensive examination of same-sex marriage policy, Hume shows that democratic innovations like judicial e…
"Recognition of, and respect for the rights and freedoms of indigenous peoples is an important subject that has received growing attention from the international community especially during the last 25 years." "Erica-Irene Daes, the author of this book has been at the heart of t…
Setting the stage for the transnational indigenous rights movement : domestic and international law and politics -- Indigenous movements in the Americas in the 1970s : the fourth world movement and Pan-indigenism -- International institutions and indigenous advocacy in the since…
Examines international indigenous advocacy from the 1970s to today, and considers how questions of culture play into discourses of self-determination and indigenous rights.
Around the world, indigenous peoples use international law to make claims for heritage, territory, and economic development. Karen Engle traces the history of these claims, considering the prevalence of particular legal frameworks and their costs and benefits for indigenous grou…
Maori and criminality -- Maori and tikanga -- Maori and current criminal justice initiatives -- Constitutional frameworks : the Treaty of Waitangi -- Constitutional frameworks : the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Initiatives in comparative juri…