Myth, embeddedness and Tradition: Property Rights Perceptions from the Pacific

Boydell, S

Myth, embeddedness and Tradition: Property Rights Perceptions from the Pacific

Boydell, S

Permalink

Publisher:: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Adapting Rules for Sustainable Resource Use, 2006, 1, pp. 119 - 134
Issue Date:: 2006-01

Closed Access

	Filename	Description	Size
	2006004935rightwayup.pdf		2.46 MB	Adobe PDF	View/Open

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Closed Access

This item is closed access and not available.

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Boydell, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Smajgl, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Larson, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Adapting Rules for Sustainable Resource Use, 2006, 1, pp. 119 - 134	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781844074594	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11666
dc.description.abstract	This essay is introduced by delving into the myth, embeddedness and tradition that surrounds people's perceptions of property rights. In all societies the property rights of individuals are subject to both political and legal regulation, whether this is by custom, modern legal instruments, or both. In the Pacific there is often a confusion and conflict between constitutional and customary law. Embeddedness, or preconception from prior upbringing, clouds and confuses attitudes to property and land ownership. Is there such a person as a customary landowner in the Pacific Islands or is society actually adopting inappropriate borrowed western language? To answer this question, it is necessary to explore the concept of communalism, which is accepted practice in many Pacific island countries, and investigate how it is, like most things in the Pacific, grounded in relationships.	en_US
dc.publisher	CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Adapting Rules for Sustainable Resource Use	en_US
dc.title	Myth, embeddedness and Tradition: Property Rights Perceptions from the Pacific	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.location	Townsville, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1202 Building	en_US
utslib.citation.edition	1	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.edition	1	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Townsville, Australia	en_US

Abstract:

This essay is introduced by delving into the myth, embeddedness and tradition that surrounds people's perceptions of property rights. In all societies the property rights of individuals are subject to both political and legal regulation, whether this is by custom, modern legal instruments, or both. In the Pacific there is often a confusion and conflict between constitutional and customary law. Embeddedness, or preconception from prior upbringing, clouds and confuses attitudes to property and land ownership. Is there such a person as a customary landowner in the Pacific Islands or is society actually adopting inappropriate borrowed western language? To answer this question, it is necessary to explore the concept of communalism, which is accepted practice in many Pacific island countries, and investigate how it is, like most things in the Pacific, grounded in relationships.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11666