Indigenous Rights in Scandinavia: Autonomous Sami Law

Cover
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgement
Abbreviations of Scandinavian Legal Sources
Part I Introducing and Contrasting
1 Introduction
2 Themes and Reflections: A Perspective from Canada
3 A Comparative Gaze with Aotearoa New Zealand
Part II The Legal Situation for the Sami
4 Sami Law in Late Modern Legal Contexts
5 Some Characteristic Features of Scandinavian Laws and their Influence on Sami Matters
6 Reforming Swedish Sami Legislation: A Survey of the Arguments
7 Sami Reindeer Herders’ Herding Rights in Norway from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
8 The Swedish State’s Legacy of Sami Rights Codified in 1886
9 Sami Hunting and Fishing Rights in Swedish Law
10 Local Community Right to Fish: A Sami Perspective
11 The Legal Organization of Sami Reindeer Herding and the Role of the Siida
12 The Definition of a Sami Person in Finland and its Application
13 To What Extent Can Indigenous Territories be Expropriated?
14 The Rapidly Evolving International Status of Indigenous Peoples: The Example of the Sami People in Finland
Part III Sami Law as a Knowledge Field
15 Sami Legal Scholarship: The Making of a Knowledge Field
Index