Indigenous Sovereignty and the Democratic Project

Indigenous Sovereignty and the Democratic Project

Author
Steven Curry
Publisher
Routledge/Ashgate
Language
English
Year
2022
Page
191
ISBN
0754623408,2003025602,9780754623403,9781138258327,9781315252384
File Type
pdf
File Size
4.5 MiB

Liberal democracies are predicated on popular sovereignty - the ideal of government for and by the People. Throughout the developed world indigenous peoples continue to deny legitimacy to otherwise popular governments because their consent has never been sought. Using examples from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA, this book tackles the problem of democratic legitimation from the perspective of indigenous peoples, arguing that having suffered conquest, these people cannot be said to consent until conditions for their consent have been realised. These conditions include constitutional change that recognizes indigenous law as the 'law of the land' - a radical proposal going far beyond the current limits of self-determination.

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