A Sámi Community Wins Case against the Swedish State in the Supreme Court

On 23 January 2020, the Supreme Court of Sweden delivered an historic verdict in favour of the Girjas sameby in a lawsuit against the Swedish State over a long-standing dispute over the right to administer hunting and fishing rights in the Girjas land management area. Rooted in Sámi customary law, I...

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Published in:Arctic Review on Law and Politics
Main Author: Øyvind Ravna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP 2020
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Norway
Arctic
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v11.2173
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