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Indigenous peoples' status in the international legal system
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Åhrén, Mattias, Author.
- êAhrâen, Mattias, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indigenous peoples (International law)--Civil rights.
- Indigenous peoples (International law).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text demonstrates that the law governing the rights of indigenous people can be best understood through the study of two questions: What is meant by 'peoples' and 'equality' under international law?
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Classical international law and early philosophy theory on peoples' rights
- Political theory that underpins the law
- International law on international legal sources
- Indigenous peoples' legal status under contemporary international law
- The content and scope of the right to self-determination when applied to indigenous peoples
- The right to equality
- Indigenous communities' property rights over lands and natural resources traditionally used
- The content and scope of indigenous communities' property rights over lands and natural resources traditionally used
- Summary.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 25, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-182359-7
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