TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loukacheva,Natalia
TI  - Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut 
SN  - 9780802094865
AV  - KEN8454 ǂb L68 2007eb 
U1  - 342.719/50872 
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - Toronto : 
PB  - University of Toronto Press, 
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Greenland
KW  - Nunavut
KW  - Inuit
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access
N2  - In Canada's Eastern Arctic and Greenland, the Inuit have been the majority for centuries. In recent years, they have been given a promise from Canadian and Danish governments that offers them more responsibility for their lands and thus control over their lives without fear of being outnumbered by outsiders. The Arctic Promise looks at how much the Inuit vision of self-governance relates to the existing public governance systems of Greenland and Nunavut, and how much autonomy there can be for territories that remain subordinate units of larger states.By means of a bottom-up approach involving cultural immersion, contextual, jurisprudential, and historical legal comparisons of Greenland and Nunavut, The Arctic Promise examines the forms, evolution, and scope of the right to autonomy in these Arctic jurisdictions. Loukacheva argues that the right to autonomy should encompass or protect Inuit jurisdiction in legal systems and the administration of justice, and should allow the Inuit direct participation in international affairs where issues that affect their homelands are concerned.The Arctic Promise deals with areas of comparative constitutional law, international law, Aboriginal law, legal anthropology, political science, and international relations, using each to contribute to the understanding of the right to indigenous autonomy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442684874
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442684874/original
ER  -