Natural Resources, Environment, and Legal Pluralism
Author | : René Kuppe |
Publisher | : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 9041103899 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789041103895 |
Rating | : 4/5 (895 Downloads) |
Download or read book Natural Resources, Environment, and Legal Pluralism written by René Kuppe and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law & Anthropology Yearbook brings together a collection of studies that discuss legal problems raised by cultural differences between people & the law to which they are subject. Most of the contributions to Volume 9 were presented at the IXth International Symposium of the Commission on Folk Law & Legal Pluralism, & focus on the subject of 'Natural Resources, Environment, & Legal Pluralism'. The natural resources which form the environment of rural people are subject to increasing pressures. Intensive forms of resource extraction increasingly endanger the continued availability & ecological quality of land, forest & water resources. Especially in regions inhabited by indigenous peoples, struggles over the control & social & economic function of natural resources are directly linked to conflicts over political & economic self-determination. Inevitably, the different legal systems, & the substantive & procedural possibilities they provide, become involved in struggles over political, economic & ecological values & objectives. The focus on natural resource management issues therefore is a particularly fruitful field to examine the contemporary functions of folk law in complex legal & economic systems.