”Arctic Governance” contains new research results of the political and legal issues that are crucial from the perspective of the sustainable development of the Arctic region.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: I International Governance in the Arctic: 1. Keskitalo, Carina: The Arctic as an International Region - But for Whom? 2. Heininen, Lassi: New External Political Structures in Northern Cooperation and Northern Governance: From Quantity to Quality; 3. Tennberg, Monica: Climate Change and Globalization in the Arctic: Compression of Time and Space? 4. Koivurova, Timo: The Regime of the Espoo Convention in the Arctic: Towards a Strategic Environmental Assessment Procedure. II Indigenous Peoples and Governance, with Special Reference to the Arctic: 5. Helander, Elina: The Nature of Sami Customary Law; 6. Valkonen, Sanna: The Saami Identity and the Politics of Recognition; 7. Loukacheva, Natalia: Comparative Arctic Governance: The Jurisdiction of Greenland and Nunavut Re-examined; 8. Ford, Violet: Section 35 and the Protection of Inuit Intellectual and Cultural Property; 9. Pentikäinen, Merja: International Human Rights and the Protection and Promotion of Minority and Indigenous Cultures. III Environmental Governance in the Arctic: 10. Koivurova, Timo: The Case of Vuotos; 11. Ravna, Øyvind: Can Land Consolidation Principles Improve the Land Use Situation in Reindeer Husbandry? 12. Heinämäki, Leena: Environmental Rights Protecting the Way of Life of Arctic Indigenous Peoples: ILO Convention No. 169 and the UN Draft Declaration on Indigenous Peoples; 13. Päiviö, Nils-Johan: Skattemannarätt, or Privilegium Odiosum.

Sales information: Arctic Governance (editors Koivurova T. & Joona T. & Shnoro R.), Juridica Lapponica No. 29. Sevenprint Ltd. 2004. 268 pages (price 49 euros). The enquiries of how to obtain the book, please contact Marja Collins (marja.collins@ulapland.fi).

See also the other books published in Juridica Lapponica from the NIEM / Arctic Centre website at http://www.arcticcentre.org/contentparser.asp?deptid=10827#juridica