Topic · Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law

Most cited papers in Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law

Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law

What are the most cited papers in Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law?

The most cited paper in Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law is "Para uma sociologia das ausências e uma sociologia das emergências" (Boaventura de Sousa Santos, 2002), with 545 citations. Next come "Toward Sustainable Self-Determination: Rethinking the Contemporary Indigenous-Rights Discourse" (311) and "Conflict, claim and contradiction in the new ‘indigenous’ state of Bolivia" (289).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 35 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Para uma sociologia das ausências e uma sociologia das emergências Boaventura de Sousa Santos · Revista crítica de ciências sociais/Revista crítica de ciências sociais Open access	2002	545
2	Toward Sustainable Self-Determination: Rethinking the Contemporary Indigenous-Rights Discourse Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel · Alternatives Global Local Political	2008	311
3	Conflict, claim and contradiction in the new ‘indigenous’ state of Bolivia Andrew Canessa · Critique of Anthropology Open access	Jun 2014	289
4	When Territory Deborders Territoriality Saskia Sassen · Territory Politics Governance Open access	21 Mar 2013	283
5	Toward a Social Theory of Law: An Essay on the Study of Law and Development David M. Trubek · The Yale Law Journal Open access	Nov 1972	240
6	Land Grabs Today: Feeding the Disassembling of National Territory Saskia Sassen · Globalizations	Feb 2013	230
7	Colonialism, Culture, and the Law: A Foreword John Comaroff · Law & Social Inquiry	2001	219
8	Rights of Nature, Legal Personality, and Indigenous Philosophies Mihnea Tănăsescu · Transnational Environmental Law	20 Aug 2020	193
9	Property and constitutional order: Land tenure reform and the future of the African state Catherine Boone · African Affairs	Oct 2007	176
10	Eco-cities: a global survey 2009 Simon Joss · WIT transactions on ecology and the environment Conference paperOpen access	26 Mar 2010	162
11	History and Action: The Inter-American Human Rights System and the Role of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Robert K. Goldman · Human Rights Quarterly	Nov 2009	150
12	Aboriginal Property and Western Theory: Recovering a Middle Ground James H. Tully · Social Philosophy and Policy	1994	146
13	Casamento contemporâneo: o difícil convívio da individualidade com a conjugalidade Terezinha Féres‐Carneiro · Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica Open access	1998	138
14	National Cultural Autonomy and its Contemporary Critics Bruce Haddock · Nations and Nationalism	29 Mar 2006	137
15	A Political Analysis of Legal Pluralism in Bolivia and Colombia Donna Lee Van Cott · Journal of Latin American Studies	Feb 2000	134
16	Myths and stereotypes about adat law: A reassessment of Van Vollenhoven in the light of current struggles over adat law in Indonesia Franz von Benda‐Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann · Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia Open access	2011	131
17	The Future of Law and Development: Second-Generation Reforms and the Incorporation of the Social Kerry Rittich · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapterOpen access	21 Aug 2006	130
18	Rethinking the Tribal Sovereignty Doctrine: Cultural Sovereignty and the Collective Future of Indian Nations Wallace Coffey, Rebecca Tsosie · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	2001	126
19	Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Aftermath of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Rights: Developments and Challenges Ahead Mauro Barelli · City Research Online (City University London)	2012	123
20	Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Catherine M. Frost · Contemporary Political Theory Open access	Jun 2002	123
21	Rights of nature and the indigenous peoples in Bolivia and Ecuador: A Straitjacket for Progressive Development Politics? Rickard Lalander · Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo = Iberoamerican journal of development studies Open access	5 Nov 2014	115
22	Thinking About Indigenous Legal Orders Val Napoleón · Ius gentium Book chapterOpen access	12 Jul 2012	113
23	Jurisdiction and Settler Colonialism: Where Do Laws Meet? Shiri Pasternak · Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société	18 Jul 2014	110
24	The Politics of Ethnicity: Indigenous Peoples in Latin American States Ulrich Oslender · Political Geography Open access	30 Jul 2004	110
25	Aboriginal-Mining Company Contractual Agreements in Australia and Canada: Implications for Political Autonomy and Community Development Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh · Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement Open access	2010	108
26	The Cultural Rights of Indigenous Peoples:Achievements and Continuing Challenges Siegfried Wiessner · European Journal of International Law Open access	Feb 2011	107
27	Recognizing the Martuwarra's First Law Right to Life as a Living Ancestral Being Martuwarra RiverOfLife, Anne Poelina, Donna Bagnall et al. · Transnational Environmental Law Open access	14 Sep 2020	103
28	Advancing Indigenous Rights at the United Nations: Strategic Framing and Its Impact on the Normative Development of International Law Rhiannon Morgan · Social & Legal Studies	27 Oct 2004	103
29	Settler–State Political Theory, ‘CANZUS’ and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Kirsty Gover · European Journal of International Law	May 2015	95
30	How much debt must be cancelled? Joseph T. Hanlon · Journal of International Development	2000	95
31	La nature, sujet de droit ? Marie-Angèle Hermitte · Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales	Mar 2011	95
32	Sovereignty's Alchemy: An Analysis of Delgamuukw v. British Columbia John Borrows · Osgoode Hall law journal Open access	Jul 1999	95
33	European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Moral Backwardness of International Society Paul Keal	2003	93
34	Constitutional Law, Ecosystems, and Indigenous Peoples in Colombia: Biocultural Rights and Legal Subjects Elizabeth Macpherson, Julia Torres Ventura, Felipe Clavijo Ospina · Transnational Environmental Law Open access	8 Jul 2020	91
35	Le nouveau droit international privé des successions : entre satisfactions et craintes.. Sara Godechot-Patris · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)	25 Oct 2012	88
36	Facing the Challenge of Transformation: Difficulties in the Development of an Indigenous Jurisprudence of Equality Cathi Albertyn, Beth Goldblatt · South African Journal on Human Rights	1998	88
37	Dependent Sovereigns: Indian Tribes, States, and the Federal Courts Judith Resnik · The University of Chicago Law Review	1989	83
38	Westphalian Vs. Indigenous Sovereignty: Challenging Colonial Territorial Governance Harald Bauder, Rebecca Mueller · Geopolitics Open access	5 May 2021	80
39	From Tribal Village to Global Village: Indian Rights and International Relations in Latin America Baron L. Pineda · American Ethnologist	Aug 2001	80
40	Decentralisation and village governance in Indonesia: the return to thenagariand the 2014 Village Law Jacqueline A.C. Vel, Adriaan Bedner · The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law Open access	2 Sep 2015	78
41	The Evolution of International Indigenous Rights in the Inter-American Human Rights System Jo M. Pasqualucci · Human Rights Law Review	20 Jul 2006	76
42	Citizens, Strangers and Indigenous Peoples: Conceptual Politics and Legal Pluralism Franz von Benda‐Beckmann Book chapterOpen access	1997	75
43	The structures of intergovernmental relations David Robertson Cameron · International Social Science Journal Open access	Mar 2001	73
44	The Politics Of Resemblance: Ethnicity, Trademarks, Head‐Hunting Simon Harrison · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	Jun 2002	72
45	Building inclusive democracies: Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in Latin America Donna Lee Van Cott · Democratization	Dec 2005	72
46	Indigenous peoples’ rights to natural resources in Argentina: the challenges of impact assessment, consent and fair and equitable benefit-sharing in cases of lithium mining Pía Marchegiani, Elisa Morgera, Louisa Parks · The International Journal of Human Rights Open access	21 Nov 2019	67
47	Encounters on the Frontiers of International Human Rights Law: Redefining the Terms of Indigenous Peoples' Survival in the World Robert Alan Williams · Duke Law Journal	Sep 1990	65
48	Free, prior and informed consent in the aftermath of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: developments and challenges ahead Mauro Barelli · The International Journal of Human Rights Open access	2012	65
49	A Note on Language and the Social Identity of Disabled People Paul K. Longmore · American Behavioral Scientist	1985	65
50	“Indigenous sovereignty” and right to self-determination in international law: a critical appraisal Rashwet Shrinkhal · AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples Open access	Mar 2021	64

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