BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

The small indigenous nations of Northern Russia : a guide for researchers / Funk, Dmitry (ed.) ; Sillanpää, Lennard (ed.) - (Social Science Research Unit : publication ; no. 29), xii, 184. - Vaasa : Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Unit, 1999. - ISSN 0785-6822

ISBN 952-12-0351-X

LANGUAGE: ENG, RUS

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS: 1. Overview : the impact of Russian national policies on the indigenous peoples of the North, SIberia and the Far East from the 17th through the 20th centuries. 2. The Uralic langugae group of peoples. 3. The Altaic langugae group of peoples. 4. The Paleoasiatic group of peoples. 5. The Eskimo-Aleut langugae group of peoples.

INDEX WORDS:
* urfolk = indigenous peoples = alkuperäiskansat
* minoritetsgrupper = minority groups = vähemmistöryhmät
* äganderätt = right to property = omistusoikeus
* landrättigheter = land ownership rights = maanomistusoikeus
* samer = Sami = saamelaiset
* eskimåer = Eskimos = eskimot

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Russian Federation

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

The role of customary law in sustainable development / Orebech, Peter (ed.) ; Bosselman, Fred ; Bjarup, Jes ; Callies, David ; Chanock, Martin ; Petersen, Hanne. - repr. 2010., xix, 502 p.. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

ISBN 0-521-85925-5

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: Contents:. 1. The linkage between sustainable development and customary law. 2. Three case studies from Hawaii, Norway and Greenland. 3. Social interaction: the foundation of customary law. 4. How custom becomes law in England. 5. How custom becomes law in Norway. 6. Adaptive resource management through customary law. 7. The place of customary law in democratic societies. 8. Customary law, sustainable development and the failing state. 9. Towards sustainability: the basis in international law. 10. The case studies revisited. 11. The choice of customary law. 12. Conclusion: customary law in a globalizing culture.

INDEX WORDS:
* sedvanerätt = customary law = tapaoikeus
* hållbar utveckling = sustainable development = kestävä kehitys
* samer = Sami = saamelaiset
* försiktighetsprincipen = precautionary principle = varovaisuusperiaate
* eskimåer = Eskimos = eskimot
* urfolk = indigenous peoples = alkuperäiskansat
* minoriteter = minorities = vähemmistöt
* minoritetsgrupper = minority groups = vähemmistöryhmät
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Hawaii / Norway / England / Greenland

NOTE (GENERAL): Cartagena protocol; Convention concerning the indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries (ILO convention no. 169); ECHR; Copenhagen declaration on social development; ICCPR; Framework convention on climate change; Kyoto protocol; Rio declaration;

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