Abstract
Purpose: The study shows the oil legal framework has exhibited many problems; these include delivering the public rights to participate in the decision-making process and information access. It is argued that reforming the central-local government relationship in oil could be an instrument to address such oil legal framework problems.
Design/methodology/approach: The paper discusses how the oil legal framework translated “the state right to control” over time. Literature analysis is used to justify the research argumentation.
Findings: This paper highlights the need to reformulate the central-local relationship in the oil management perspective by giving the local government a wider room to deliver public-participation rights and information access.
Research limitations/implications: The paper limits the discussion on how the state right to control oil has been implemented throughout the time. It is proposed to influence more research on how the community rights and central-local relationship should be part of the oil legal framework.
Practical implication:
Originality/value: This paper reveals that the oil management perspective has not shifted much since the period before the independence. Although it appeared in many forms, centralistic was paramount in regulating oil, and less concern was given to solving the issue of central-local relationships. This research is vital to yield policy recommendations that could be referenced to build the future central-local relationship platform that balances the central-local government interests in oil and recognises community rights.
Paper type: Research paper
Design/methodology/approach: The paper discusses how the oil legal framework translated “the state right to control” over time. Literature analysis is used to justify the research argumentation.
Findings: This paper highlights the need to reformulate the central-local relationship in the oil management perspective by giving the local government a wider room to deliver public-participation rights and information access.
Research limitations/implications: The paper limits the discussion on how the state right to control oil has been implemented throughout the time. It is proposed to influence more research on how the community rights and central-local relationship should be part of the oil legal framework.
Practical implication:
Originality/value: This paper reveals that the oil management perspective has not shifted much since the period before the independence. Although it appeared in many forms, centralistic was paramount in regulating oil, and less concern was given to solving the issue of central-local relationships. This research is vital to yield policy recommendations that could be referenced to build the future central-local relationship platform that balances the central-local government interests in oil and recognises community rights.
Paper type: Research paper
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | International Conference on Law, Governance and Globalisation (3rd ICLGG, 2021) |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- oil law
- public participation
- central-local
- state sovereignty
- natural resources
