Citizens' Rights and the Right to Be a Citizen

Citizens' rights are the essential connecting link between human rights and life in a democratic society. The right to be a citizen can bridge the gap between the universality of human rights and the changing political and social settings of people's lives.

About the author

Ernst Hirsch Ballin (1950) is Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of Dutch and European Constitutional Law at Tilburg University. He was the Netherlands Minister of Justice from 1989-1994 and 2006-2010 and held several other public offices. In 2005 he was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Ernst Hirsch Ballin
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9789004223189
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22318-9
• No. of pages: 178
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 244 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 420 g
• Series: Developments in International
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law