Nationalism and the Rule of Law - Lessons From the Balkans and Beyond

This book provides the first systematic account of the relationship between nationalism and the rule of law.

List of contents

Part I. Nationalism and the Rule of Law: 1. Ethnic citizenship; 2. Transitional justice; 3. International criminal justice; Part II. Three Cases from the Former Yugoslavia: 4. The making of a liberal democracy: ethnic citizenship in Slovenia; 5. Contesting atrocity and identity: the war crimes debate and transitional justice in Croatia; 6. Resistance, pluralisation, and international justice in Serbia.

About the author

Iavor Rangelov is Global Security Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Co-Chair of the London Transitional Justice Network.

Summary

The relationship between nationalism and the rule of law has been largely neglected even though they are critical concepts. This book provides the first systematic account of this relationship through analysis of case studies from the former Yugoslavia, and the development of an analytical framework for understanding the interactions of nationalism and the rule of law.

Product details

• Authors: Iavor Rangelov, Rangelov Iavor
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107012196
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01219-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Nationalism, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, LAW / Comparative, comparative law, Citizenship and nationality law, Citizenship & nationality law, Southeast Europe