The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development

Peter Orebech, Fred Bosselman, Jes Bjarup, David Callies, Martin Chanock, Hanne Petersen

506 pages, parution le 26/01/2006

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Résumé

For many nations, a key challenge is how to achieve sustainable development without a return to centralized planning. Using case studies from Greenland, Hawaii and Northern Norway, this book examines whether 'bottom-up' systems such as customary law can play a critical role in achieving viable systems for managing natural resources. Customary law consists of underlying social norms that may become the acknowledged law of the land. The key to determining whether a custom constitutes customary law is whether the public acts as if the observance of the custom is legally obligated. While the use of customary law does not always produce sustainability, the study of customary methods of resource management can produce valuable insights into methods of managing resources in a sustainable way.

A fresh, comparative approach to the controversial subject of the linkage between customary law and sustainable development
Case studies of indigenous customary law in Norway, Greenland and Hawaii are used to examine this link.
A contemporary study placed in the context of a current debate

L'auteur - Peter Orebech

Peter Ørebech: Harvard Law School

L'auteur - Fred Bosselman

Fred Bosselman: Chicago-Kent College of Law

L'auteur - Jes Bjarup

Jes Bjarup: Stockholms Universitet

L'auteur - David Callies

David Callies: University of Hawaii, Manoa

L'auteur - Martin Chanock

Martin Chanock: La Trobe University, Victoria

L'auteur - Hanne Petersen

Hanne Petersen: University of Copenhagen

Sommaire

The linkage between sustainable development and customary law
Three case studies from Hawaii, Norway and Greenland
Social interaction: the foundation of customary law
How custom becomes law in England
How custom becomes law in Norway
Adaptive resource management through customary law
The place of customary law in democratic societies
Customary law, sustainable development and the failing state
Towards sustainability: the basis in international law
The case studies revisited
The choice of customary law
Conclusion: customary law in a globalizing culture

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Peter Orebech, Fred Bosselman, Jes Bjarup, David Callies, Martin Chanock, Hanne Petersen
Parution	26/01/2006
Nb. de pages	506
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	930g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521859257
ISBN13	978-0-521-85925-7