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The way we exist in society defines our place in its social structures and reaffirms our belonging, identity, and dignity. Europe is a continent characterized by many internal conflicts and ongoing struggles inside societies. The battlefield is society itself, where state law clashes with ethnic law over the very identity of society. Exploring debates from Scandinavia to Spain about the religious and political autonomy and freedom, this book explains that the violation of the rights of ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples, such as the Sami and Basque peoples, remains a problem in Europe. In addition to these political conflicts, Magdalena Butrymowicz analyzes the legal and religious culture within minority ethnic structures themselves. Ultimately, this book raises timely questions about the balance between state control and legal autonomy for ethnic minorities across Europe advocating for a new definition of ethnic law as the right of ethnic minorities, creating their legal and ethnic identity. The book will interest anyone exploring the dynamic between European states and the ethnic minorities that live in them.
List of contents
Part I: Society and the State Together, but Separately - To Be Understood and Redefined in the
Context of the Right to Preserve the Ethnic Identity of Society
Chapter 1: Understanding Society - Redefining Society in the Context of the Right to Respect for
Its Ethnicity
Chapter 2: Understanding Nations - Redefining the Nation in Terms of the Right to Ethnic
Identity
Chapter 3: Understanding and Redefining Ethnic Minority
Chapter 4: Understanding the State through the Rights of Ethnic Minorities
Part II: Ethnic Law in Conflict with State Law
Chapter 5: The Law of the People, The Law of the State
Chapter 6: Ethnic Law
About the author
By Magdalena Butrymowicz
Summary
The Legal Status and Perspectives of Ethnic Minorities in European States explores the new definition of the nation-state in the context of an internally conflicted European society through a concept of ethnic law as the right of ethnic minorities, creating their legal and ethnic identity.
