At the Edge of the State: Indigenous Peoples and Self Determination

Maivân Lâm (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2000
Transnational Publishers Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-57105-076-2 (ISBN)

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The author reveals the obstacles that lie in the way of self-determination for indigenous people in all parts of the world. He argues that the right of self-determination should be available to these people and proposes measures that the UN might institute to oversee the realization of this right.

Focusing on issues raised by the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, this study reveals the obstacles to self-determination for these peoples in all parts of the world. The author argues, using both legal and social theory, that the right of self-determination can be available to indigenous peoples, and proposes measures that the UN might institute to oversee the realization of this right.

Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Maivân Clech Lâm is Associate Professor of International Law and other subjects at the City University of New York School of Law.

Foreword; Introduction; I. THE SITUATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TODAY;
II. THE INDIGENOUS ASSERTION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS; III. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT TO
SELF-DETERMINATION; IV. THE DEVELOPING NORM OF SELF-DETERMINATION;
V. A CRITIQUE OF THE STATE-CENTERED APPROACH TO SELF-DETERMINATION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; INDEX.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2000
Reihe/Serie	Innovation in International Law ; 5
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	534 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Internationales Privatrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-57105-076-0 / 1571050760
ISBN-13	978-1-57105-076-2 / 9781571050762
Zustand	Neuware