nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20160216-133102 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 160216s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20160216-133102 doi eng 342 23 Orgad, Liav Author aut The Law of Majorities Orgad, Liav Verfassungsblog 2016-02-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Are Poland and Hungary justified, under international law or EU law, in restricting migration to defend their “Christian heritage”? How about the so-called “European way of life” or their “constitutional identity”? More generally, can a liberal democracy restrict immigration and/or access to citizenship in order to protect the "majority culture” and still remain liberal? Cultural defense policies are mushrooming in Europe, as refugees and migrants from Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East ­ many of them Muslims ­ keep coming to our shores in unprecedented numbers. Can the “cultural defense” of majorities be reconciled with liberal values and, if so, how? CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Cultural Rights Liberal Theory Majority Multicultural Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-law-of-majorities/ raw object