At the edge of the state : : indigenous peoples and self-determination / / Maivân Clech Lâm.

• Superior document: Innovation in International Law ; 5
• VerfasserIn: Lâm, Maivân,
• Place / Publishing House: Ardsley, New York : : Transnational Publishers,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Innovation in International Law ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Focusing on issues raised by the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, this study reveals the obstacles to self-determination for these peoples in all parts of the world. The author argues, using both legal and social theory, that the right of self-determination can be available to indigenous peoples, and proposes measures that the UN might institute to oversee the realization of this right. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Table of Contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- I. THE SITUATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TODAY -- -- II. THE INDIGENOUS ASSERTION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS -- III. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT TO -- SELF-DETERMINATION -- IV. THE DEVELOPING NORM OF SELF-DETERMINATION -- -- V. A CRITIQUE OF THE STATE-CENTERED APPROACH TO SELF-DETERMINATION -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- INDEX.