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Multiculturalism and Constitutional Justice
Conflicts between ethnic and national groups are in the rise. In different places around the world we see political disputes about issues such as national symbols, race, language, religion, education curriculum, and land claims. Finding a solution to these conflicts is one of the greatest challenges facing democracies. This course has an interdisciplinary nature. Its aim is to analyze the quite prolific literature in political theory that has been developed over the last few years on the accommodation of ethnocultural and religious diversity in liberal states. In order to work with concrete examples and analyze the complexities that these issues pose in the constitutional orders of Western democracies, we will combine our ethical search with the study of constitutional case law from several countries, mainly the U.S. and Canada. We will examine cases on religious rights and freedoms, language rights, rights of indigenous peoples and political autonomy rights.