Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development

Klappentext Examines whether customary law can play a critical role in achieving viable systems for managing natural resources. Zusammenfassung Using case studies from Greenland! Hawaii and northern Norway! this 2006 book examines whether 'bottom-up' systems such as customary law can play a critical role in achieving viable systems for managing natural resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 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.

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• Authors: Jes Bjarup, Bjarup Jes, Fred Bosselman, Bosselman Fred, Callies David, Chanock Martin, Bosselman Fred, Bjarup Jes, Peter Orebech, Peter (Harvard Law School) Orebech, Peter (Harvard Law School) Bosselman Orebech, Peter Bosselman Orebech, Orebech Peter, Orebech Peter, Petersen Hanne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521173421
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17342-1
• No. of pages: 524
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and S
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Comparative, comparative law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment