| Description |
1 online resource (153 pages) |
| Contents |
Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Editors' Note; Preface: Rationales; Chapter 1 Introduction: Rationales of Ownership; International assumptions about 'indigenous' peoples; Assumptions behind the approach of this book; The chapters |
| Summary |
What constitutes a resource, and how do people make claims on them? In the context of a burgeoning discourse of property, these are vital questions. Rationales of Ownership offers conceptual clarification in the context of material, intellectual and cultural resources in Papua New Guinea. The volume is a result of a major research project headed by Marilyn Strathern and Eric Hirsch, and brings together contributions from social anthropology and law. The approaches demonstrated, and conclusions reached, build upon recent understandings developed within Melanesian anthropology, but have far wide |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Papua New Guinea
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Customary law -- Papua New Guinea
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Customary law
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation
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Papua New Guinea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leach, James
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| ISBN |
9781907774522 |
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1907774521 |
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