The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development
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 2006 book examines whether 'bottom-up' systems such as customary law can play a critical role in achievi...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9780511550621 2024-06-09T07:46:24+00:00 The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development Orebech, Peter Bosselman, Fred Bjarup, Jes Callies, David Chanock, Martin Petersen, Hanne 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511550621 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9780521859257 9780511550621 9780521173421 monograph 2006 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511550621 2024-05-15T13:14:42Z 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 2006 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. Book Greenland Northern Norway Cambridge University Press Greenland Norway |
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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 2006 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. |
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