Ownership, Authority, and Self-Determination: Moral Principles and Indigenous Rights Claims

Author:   Burke A. Hendrix (Franklin and Marshall)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
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9780271033990


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   15 August 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Burke A. Hendrix (Franklin and Marshall)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780271033990


ISBN 10:   0271033991
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   15 August 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Acknowledgments 1. Thinking About Authority 2. International Law 3. The Limits of Ownership 4. Ownership and Social Contract 5. Duties to Aid 6. Authority Without Consent 7. Deliberation and Self-Determination 8. Culture and Moral Disagreement 9. Ending Colonialism Notes Bibliography Index

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This is an important and original book, not only for those people interested in indigenous claims, but for all political theorists interested in the difficult questions of political legitimacy and the relationship of political authority to land and people. Margaret Moore, Queens University


This book is an original reframing of questions of title, conquest, and authority that will interest readers in indigenous studies. It is also a careful, critical reading of contemporary theories of property, natural rights, the state, and consultative democracy of significant interest to political theorists. R. A. Cramer, Choice


This book is an original reframing of questions of title, conquest, and authority that will interest readers in indigenous studies. It is also a careful, critical reading of contemporary theories of property, natural rights, the state, and consultative democracy-of significant interest to political theorists. -R. A. Cramer, Choice This is an important and original book, not only for those people interested in indigenous claims, but for all political theorists interested in the difficult questions of political legitimacy and the relationship of political authority to land and people. -Margaret Moore, Queens University


This book is an original reframing of questions of title, conquest, and authority that will interest readers in indigenous studies. It is also a careful, critical reading of contemporary theories of property, natural rights, the state, and consultative democracy of significant interest to political theorists. </p> R. A. Cramer, <em>Choice</em></p>


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Burke A. Hendrix is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, where he also has a joint appointment in the Program on Ethics and Public Life.

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