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Status of Indigenous Peoples in International Law
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
The article briefly examines the most relevant representative factors of the status of indigenous peoples in light of international law with special references to the Sami rights.
Moral Grounds for Indigenous unting Rights
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
If indigenous people are to have the legal right to hunt a particular species that other citiens
are denied, then it presents a significant challenge to philosophers to eplore the moral
grounds that ustify the special ...
Arctic Frost? Understanding Inuit Ambiguity towards Idle No More
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
This chapter explores apparent Inuit ambiguity towards Idle No More. The Indigenous movement was founded in Canada in 2010 to protest the Conservative government’s attempts
to erode Indigenous sovereignty and reduce federal ...
Dismantling the Dismantling of Federal Protection for Arctic Waterways : revisiting Canada’s New Navigation Protection Act
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
This article calls for legislation with the necessary flexible mechanisms to protect the changing Arctic environment. Drastic changes in the Arctic are caused by from climate
change,130 with adverse effects on Arctic ...
Arctic legal tradition?
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
This short article does not deal with narrowly understood public international law related questions or legal-political disputes over the Arctic, instead, it asks if there is something we
might label as an Arctic legal tradition.
Sámi Relationship with the Land : what Does the Law Fail to Recognize?
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
The purpose of this article is to make an overview on how UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), a monitoring body of CCPR, articulates and protects Sámi culture and its values. The
further aim of this writing is to discuss ...
On Customary Law. A Cultural Dimension of Ethnopolitical Strategy
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
The paper is to shed light on the most cultural perspective concerning aboriginal rights, i.e. customary law. The case of the Sámi people's legal perceptions is analysed in context of legal
struggle regarding recognition ...
What Is Philosophy of Law in the Arctic?
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
The paper focuses on the essence of philosophy of law in the Arctic. It presents its different topics and ways of thinking. The author proposes a kind of systematisation of the concept.
Customary Laws and Nomadic Cosmologies of Art and the Environment
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
This paper offers a brief overview of some connections between art, environment and nomadic cosmologies, and relates these to matters concerned with customary laws. The
connections are made in a cultural ecological framework ...
Legal pluralisms
(Lapin yliopisto, 2016)
“Legal pluralism” may denote various things in very various contexts. Its popularity in
contemporary socio-legal debate sometimes additionally impedes the accurate understanding.