Universität Wien

030108 KU Development and the right of self-determination of peoples (2008W)

Secession - autonomy - decentralisation

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Details

max. 60 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 13.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 20.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 27.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 03.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 10.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 17.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 24.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 01.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 15.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 12.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 19.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
  • Monday 26.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The class shows how the right to self-determination turned from a concept of international legal status into a dynamic concept aiming at the free development of peoples. The relevance of the discourse about the rights of indigenous peoples for this change in the concept of self-determination shall be duly considered.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students shall improve their capacities to analyse, in a critical way, different ways of implementing the right to self-determination (secession - autonomy - federalism arrangements - decentralisation), especially in their relevance for the development of peoples.

Examination topics

Legal case studies on the legal situation of minorities and other ethnic group with cross-references to international and regional legal instruments/ Participative method.

Reading list

Alston, Philip (ed.): Peoples' Rights. 2005
Crawford, James (ed.): The Right of Peoples. 1988
Ghai, Yash (ed.): Autonomy and Ethnicity. Negotiating Competing Claims in Multiethnic States. 2000
Ghana, Nazila & Alexandra Xanthaki (ed.): Minorities, Peoples, and Self-Determination. Essays in Honour of Patrick Thornberry. 2004
Suksi, Marikku (ed.): Autonomy: Applications. 1998

Association in the course directory

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