Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights.

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dc.contributor.authorBavikatte, Sanjayen_ZA
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dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractThe thesis analyses the emergence of biocultural rights as a sub‐set of third generation, group rights in environmental law. It submits that these rights, which advocate a people's duty of stewardship over Nature, have arisen as a response to the world's ecological crisis. Indeed, the growing discourse about biocultural rights has begun a radical reconfiguration of the dominant notions property and the juridical subject. The thesis uses a multipronged approach, relying upon economic, anthropological, political and legal theories, to deconstruct the current concepts of private property from the perspective of indigenous peoples and traditional communities. It further presents evidence that this discursive shift is gaining formal legal recognition by referring to negotiations of multilateral environmental agreements, judicial decisions of regional and domestic courts and community initiatives. The thesis concludes with a description of the new biocultural jurisprudence including its application through innovative, community‐developed instruments such as biocultural community protocols.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBavikatte, S. (2011). <i>Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4463en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBavikatte, Sanjay. <i>"Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4463en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBavikatte, S. 2011. Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bavikatte, Sanjay AB - The thesis analyses the emergence of biocultural rights as a sub‐set of third generation, group rights in environmental law. It submits that these rights, which advocate a people's duty of stewardship over Nature, have arisen as a response to the world's ecological crisis. Indeed, the growing discourse about biocultural rights has begun a radical reconfiguration of the dominant notions property and the juridical subject. The thesis uses a multipronged approach, relying upon economic, anthropological, political and legal theories, to deconstruct the current concepts of private property from the perspective of indigenous peoples and traditional communities. It further presents evidence that this discursive shift is gaining formal legal recognition by referring to negotiations of multilateral environmental agreements, judicial decisions of regional and domestic courts and community initiatives. The thesis concludes with a description of the new biocultural jurisprudence including its application through innovative, community‐developed instruments such as biocultural community protocols. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights TI - Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4463 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/4463
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBavikatte S. Stewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4463en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Marine and Environmental Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Lawen_ZA
dc.titleStewarding the earth : rethinking property and the emergence of biocultural rights.en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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