Publications (summaries of articles in English)

Custom and Law. Studies in Legal Anthropology. Editors: N.I. Novikova and V.A. Tishkov. Moscow-2002, 399 p.

The book describes the subject matter and organization of the Second International Summer School in St. Petersburg - Pushkin on August 20-25, 2001. The School was devoted to the protection and use of natural resources and to the right of indigenous peoples for renewable bioresources under modern conditions. Lectures and discussions focused on how those issues are resolved in international law as well as in national legislation and common law of Russia and Canada. The School paid priority attention to the issues of protecting indigenous rights in courts and to the potential of out-of-court conflict resolution through negotiations and other procedures. The book includes articles written both by the lecturers and by the School students themselves, as well as Annexes in the form of international and Russian documents and summaries of papers in English.

Summaries of papers in English

The Reindeer is Always Right. Studies in Legal Anthropology. 2003. Ed. by N.I. Novikova. Moscow: Publishing House "Strategiya". 319 pages.

The book of articles was prepared on the basis of lectures read at the Third International Summer School in Legal Anthropology (August, 19-24, 2003, St. Petersburg-Pushkin ). The school was devoted to the conservation and the use of natural resources and the rights of indigenous peoples to reindeer herding as their subsistence base in the modern world. The lecturers regarded these issues in the aspect of both international law and national legal systems of Russia and Norway. The major importance of summer schools is connected with the study of indigenous rights in the wider context of human rights and legal pluralism, with special attention paid to the opportunities which traditions and norms of indigenous peoples provide during their defense, including court defense, and with the rights to traditional nature management (land use). The book includes articles written both by the lecturers and by the School students themselves and summaries of papers in English.

The book may be interesting for decision makers, lawyers, ethnologists, historians and activists of national and cultural movements.

Summaries of papers in English