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

by Burke A. Hendrix (Author)

Considers the contributions of philosophical theories of property rights, political obligation, and self-determination to our moral understanding of political control over geographical space. Focuses on American Indian and other indigenous claims to a separate political status, including potentially to full legal independence.

Author Biography

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.