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3 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 89 (1993)
Role of Collective Rights in the Theory of Indigenous Peoples' Rights

handle is hein.journals/tlcp3 and id is 99 raw text is: The Role of Collective Rights in the Theory of
Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Allen Buchanan
I.     The Advent of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Movement and its Challenge to the Theory and
Practice of International Law ....................................... 90
II.    The Prominence of Collective Rights in the
Indigenous Peoples' Rights Movement ........................... 91
III.   The Distinction Between Individual and Collective
Rights: Types of Collective Rights ..................................... 93
A.     Collective Rights in the Strong Sense ................... 93
B.     Dual-Standing Collective Rights .......................... 94
IV.    Collective Land Rights ................................................ 95
A.     Liberalism and Individual Rights ....................... 95
B.     Limiting Property Rights .................................... 95
C.     Two Types of Collective Land Rights:
Collective Property Rights and
Collective Land Regulatory Rights ...................... 96
D.     The Political Significance of the Two Types
of Collective Land Rights ................................... 99
E.     Self-Determination and the Justification
of Demands For Collective Land Rights .................. 100
F.     Individual Rights as Safeguards for
Collective  Rights .................................................. 104
V.     The Relationship Between Collective Land Rights
and the Right to Self-Determination ................................. 106
VI.    The Compatibility of Collective and Individual Rights ........ 107
Grainger Professor of Business Ethics, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of
Medical Ethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am grateful to S. James Anaya
for his astute comments on an earlier draft of this paper.