Indigenous Rights in Scandinavia

This book contributes to the international debate on Indigenous Peoples Law. The study displays the current research frontier among the Scandinavian countries and establishes the present-day issues and how the nation states have responded so far to claims of Sami rights. The work also sheds light on the contrasts between the three Scandinavian countries on the one hand, and between Scandinavia, Canada and New Zealand on the other, showing that although there are obvious differences, for instance related to colonisation and present legal solutions, there are also shared experiences among the indigenous peoples and the States.