The Proposed Nordic Saami Convention : National and International Dimensions of Indigenous Property Rights

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Introduction Nigel Bankes and Timo Koivurova PART ONE: DOCTRINAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Recognising the Property Interests of Indigenous Peoples within Settler Societies: Some Different Conceptual Approaches Nigel Bankes 2. Acknowledging and Accommodating Legal Pluralism: An Application to the Draft Nordic Saami Convention Jonnette Watson Hamilton 3. The Public-Law Dimension of Indigenous Property Rights Jeremy Webber PART TWO: THE PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW DIMENSIONS OF THE DRAFT NORDIC SAAMI CONVENTION 4. Can Saami Transnational Indigenous Peoples Exercise Their Self-Determination in a World of Sovereign States? Timo Koivurova 5. The Nordic Saami Convention: The Right of a People to Control Issues of Importance to Them Leena Heinamaki 6. Cross-Border Reindeer Husbandry: Between Ancient Usage Rights and State Sovereignty Else Grete Broderstad PART THREE: SAAMI LAND AND REINDEER-GRAZING RIGHTS IN THE THREE NORDIC STATES 7. The Draft Nordic Saami Convention and the Assessment of Evidence of Saami Use of Land Oyvind Ravna 8. Who Holds the Reindeer-herding Right in Sweden? A Key Issue in Legislation Christina Allard 9. The Draft Nordic Saami Convention and the Indigenous Population in Finland Juha Joona 10. The Subjects of the Draft Nordic Saami Convention Tanja Joona 11. On Customary Law Among the Saami People Elina Helander-Renvall PART FOUR: THE RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS 12. The Achuar People in Ecuador: Towards Territorial and Political Autonomy Veronica Potes 13. The Australian Approach to Recognising the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Sharon Mascher 14. The Forms of Recognition of Indigenous Property Rights in Settler States: Modern Land Claim Agreements in Canada Nigel Bankes 15. The Nordic Saami Convention and the Rights of Saami Women: Lessons from Canada Jennifer Koshan Conclusion Nigel Bankes and Timo Koivurova