Ownership, Authority, and Self-Determination - Moral Principles and Indigenous Rights Claims

About the author

Burke A. Hendrix is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, where he also has a joint appointment in the Program on Ethics and Public Life.

Summary

Considers the contributions of philosophical theories of property rights, political obligation, and self-determination to our moral understanding of political control over geographical space. Focuses on American Indian and other indigenous claims to a separate political status, including potentially to full legal independence.

Product details

• Authors: Burke A. Hendrix, Burke A. (Franklin and Marshall) Hendrix, Hendrix Burke A.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.08.2008
• EAN: 9780271033983
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03398-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Indigenous Peoples, United States of America, USA, Land Rights, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Relating to Native American people, Civics and citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies