Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights / Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte.

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Bavikatte, Sanjay Kabir [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780199083046 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

344.046 23

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K3488

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Summary: Do communities that care for the land have the right to protect it against destruction? Do the rights of such communities to act as trustees of the land override the rights of the government or the owners of the land? Written in an engaging style, rich with examples and theoretical insights, from law, economics and anthropology, 'Stewarding the Earth' maps the emergence of a new set of community rights to stewardship called 'biocultural rights'.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Do communities that care for the land have the right to protect it against destruction? Do the rights of such communities to act as trustees of the land override the rights of the government or the owners of the land? Written in an engaging style, rich with examples and theoretical insights, from law, economics and anthropology, 'Stewarding the Earth' maps the emergence of a new set of community rights to stewardship called 'biocultural rights'.

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Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights / Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte.