Autonomy: Applications and Implications

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Markku Suksi
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1998 M03 6 - 370 pages
Autonomy arrangements have gradually become more numerous, & different developments in respect of autonomy can be discerned in the fields of international & domestic law. The patterns of autonomy are quite disparate, but because various fields of law treat autonomy in different ways, it is fruitful to inquire into the applications of autonomy & to ask what autonomy as such implies. Autonomy is a multi-faceted phenomenon which on the one hand contains the issue of devolution or decentralization of law-making or other normative powers in the institutional fabric of the country without any minority protection component; on the other hand it may in addition contain an explicit minority protection component designed to offer special protection to minority groups in society. Especially in the latter sense, the issue of effective participation of a minority in the government is an important issue, & in this respect, there is a connection between autonomy & a general understanding of democracy.

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Contents

Introduction
1
PART
7
63
17
Federalism and Autonomy
24
Protection Under International Law?
32
NonDiscrimination in Multicultural Societies
37
Modern Presentations
52
SelfDetermination and Autonomy in International
79
The Making of the Estado
195
Autonomy and the British Constitution
223
Dependencies
235
Executive and Administrative Devolution in the United
243
Concept Content History and Role in
251
The Context of Cultural Autonomy in Time and Space
261
Some Normative Considerations in the Light of International
272
The Definition of Indigenous Peoples and Persons
282

Autonomy in the United Nations
86
33
94
The League of Nations and Minority Rights
102
Collective Elements in the UN Declaration on Minorities
108
The 1201 Question in Central Europe
114
Regionalism and Federalism in the Italian Constitutional Experience
117
Conclusions
121
Introduction
142
The Federal State v the Regional State
182
Conclusions
293
The OSCE Interest in Crimea
301
Autonomy and the Council of Europe With Special Reference
317
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324
Territorial Autonomies the European Charter of Local Self
337
Substates in the Community
352
Subject Index
365
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