Peter Orebech, Fred Bosselman, Jes Bjarup

The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development

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Produktbeschreibung

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. While the use of customary law does not always produce sustainability, the study of customary methods of resource management can give valuable insights into methods of managing resources in a sustainable way.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 995g
• ISBN-13: 9780521859257
• ISBN-10: 0521859255
• Artikelnr.: 22124293

Autorenporträt

Peter Ørebech is Professor of Law at the University of Tromsø, Norway.
Fred Bosselman is Professor of Law Emeritus at the Chicago-Kent College of  Law.
Jes Bjarup is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Stockholm.
David Callies is Professor of Law at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Martin Chanock is Professor of Law at La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Hanne Petersen is Professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Copenhagen.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The linkage between sustainable development and customary law
2. Three case studies from Hawaii, Norway and Greenland
3. Social interaction: the foundation of customary law
4. How custom becomes law in England
5. How custom becomes law in Norway
6. Adaptive resource management through customary law
7. The place of customary law in democratic societies
8. Customary law, sustainable development and the failing state
9. Towards sustainability: the basis in international law
10. The case studies revisited
11. The choice of customary law
12. Conclusion: customary law in a globalizing culture.