Browsing by Author "von Benda-Beckmann, Franz"

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Changing 'Indigenous Environmental Law' in the Central Moluccas: Communal Regulation and Privatization of Sasi
(1992) von Benda-Beckmann, Franz; von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet; Brouwer, Arie
"In this paper we want to examine the contemporary forms and functions of sasi and speculate on its potential role in environmental protection in the Central Moluccas in the future. In doing so, we shall look at the problems likely to be encountered by those who want to revitalize it or expand its present scope, whether as local initiative of villagers or as an attempt to incorporate it into a governmentally controlled environmental policy. It is our conviction that such planning can only fruitfully depart from an understanding of the contemporary realities of sasi. Besides, we also need an understanding of the actual and potential environmental dangers in the region in order to assess the problems to which sasi might be a solution."
Citizens, Strangers and Indigenous Peoples: Multiple Constructions and Consequences of Rights, Resources and People
(1993) von Benda-Beckmann, Franz
"Human beings become citizens, strangers or indigenous peoples by cognitive and normative constructions. In all societies human beings and collectivities are typified and endowed with a special status to which is attached a wide array of rights, obligations, and ranges of normatively acknowledged autonomy and self-determination. Such typifications may be used as important constituent elements of all-encompassing normative systems. They are also regularly made up ad hoc in routinized life situations and in problematic situations, at interpretations of existing general types or as innovative constructions."