The Nordic countries’ law on Sámi territorial rights
Territorial rights are important for the Sámi people, as they are for all indigenous peoples. Land is the asset which supports the Sámi culture and responsible for its long-standing survival. This article compares property laws in Norway, Sweden and Finland as to how Sámi rights to land and natur...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/21 2023-10-25T01:32:51+02:00 The Nordic countries’ law on Sámi territorial rights Allard, Christina 2011-10-31 application/pdf https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/21 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v2.21 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/21/21 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/21 doi:10.23865/arctic.v2.21 Copyright (c) 2014 Arctic Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Arctic Review on Law and Politics; Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011) 2387-4562 Sámi rights territorial rights immemorial usage immemorial pre- scription Norwegian law Swedish law Finnish law reindeer herding info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v2.21 2023-09-27T22:52:26Z Territorial rights are important for the Sámi people, as they are for all indigenous peoples. Land is the asset which supports the Sámi culture and responsible for its long-standing survival. This article compares property laws in Norway, Sweden and Finland as to how Sámi rights to land and natural resources are articulated and recognized. These rights are based on old doctrines: “immemorial usage” in Norway and “immemorial prescription” in Sweden and Finland. Although the doctrines are generally regarded as equivalent, the article discusses a few significant differences. Subsequently the basic principles underpinning the two doctrines are analysed, contrasted and discussed, with particular focus on reindeer herding rights.Keywords: Sámi rights, territorial rights, immemorial usage, immemorial pre- scription, Norwegian law, Swedish law, Finnish law, reindeer herdingCitation: Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 3, 2/2011 p. 159–183. ISSN 1891-6252 Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Arctic Review on Law and Politics Arctic Norway Arctic Review on Law and Politics 2 2 |
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Territorial rights are important for the Sámi people, as they are for all indigenous peoples. Land is the asset which supports the Sámi culture and responsible for its long-standing survival. This article compares property laws in Norway, Sweden and Finland as to how Sámi rights to land and natural resources are articulated and recognized. These rights are based on old doctrines: “immemorial usage” in Norway and “immemorial prescription” in Sweden and Finland. Although the doctrines are generally regarded as equivalent, the article discusses a few significant differences. Subsequently the basic principles underpinning the two doctrines are analysed, contrasted and discussed, with particular focus on reindeer herding rights.Keywords: Sámi rights, territorial rights, immemorial usage, immemorial pre- scription, Norwegian law, Swedish law, Finnish law, reindeer herdingCitation: Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 3, 2/2011 p. 159–183. ISSN 1891-6252 |
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