Ucník, Lubica
European Discourses on Rights

The Quest for Statehood in Europe. The Case of Slovakia.

Using the example of the splitting of Czecho-Slovakia, the concept of historical right theorised by the German Historical School of Recht is elaborated. After the First World War, the idea of natural right, as advanced by the Treaty of Versailles promised a sense of legality to all nations living in Central Eastern Europe. Now two concepts – natural right and historical right – provide a basis for the claim of each nation to its own state. The complexity of the political situation in Europe after 1989 thus has to be interpreted differently. 392 Seiten, broschiert (Multiple Europes; Vol. 21/Peter Lang Verlag 2003) Mängelexemplar/near mint