CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Turkusic, Enida |
|---|---|
| Title | Strategic litigation and Segregation in the Education System: The United States and Central and Eastern Europe |
| Summary | Strategic litigation is a part of public interest law that uses legal strategies with the aim of bringing about social change. It is a novelty in the legal systems of Central and Eastern Europe, but is becoming a relevant factor in the struggle for change in the social landscape, especially with respect to the Roma minority’s struggle against widespread prejudices and human rights violations. In this context, the thesis focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - a landmark case that ended the racial segregation in public schools and to which the emergence of public interest law is usually dated; and the European Court of Human Rights case D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic - an important achievement in public interest lawyers’ struggle to bring about social change for members of the Roma community. This thesis aims to point out how the lessons from the U.S. strategic litigation experience in the Brown case can be useful as an instructive example for further development of strategic litigation in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. |
| Supervisor | Pogany, Istvan |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/turkusic_enida.pdf |
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