Catalogue de la bibliothèque

Localisation

Sécurité publique Canada, Bibliothèque

Ressource

Livres et rapports

Cote

KE 7735 I53 2007

Auteurs

• Law Commission of Canada

Publié

• Vancouver :  UBC Press, 2008.

Bibliographie

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description

x, 175 p. ; 24 cm.

Résumé

The essays in this book present important perspectives on the role of Indigenous legal traditions in reclaiming and preserving the autonomy of Aboriginal communities and in reconciling the relationship between these communities and Canadian governments.

Sujet

• Native peoples - Canada - Legal status, laws, etc.
• Native peoples - Canada - Politics and government.
• Native peoples - Canada - Government relations.
• Native peoples - Canada - Social life and customs.
• Customary law - Canada.

Contenu

Introduction: which way out of colonialism? / Andrée Lajoie. -- 1. Getting to a better place: Qwi:qwelstóm, the Stó:lō, and self-determination / Ted Palys & Wenona Victor. -- 2. An apology feast in Hazelton: Indian residential schools, reconciliation, and making space for indigenous legal traditions / Paulette Regan. -- 3. Reconciliation without respect? Section 35 and indigenous legal orders / Minnawaanagogiizhigook (Dawnis Kennedy). -- 4. Legal processes, pluralism in Canadian jurisprudence, and the governance of Carrier medicine knowledge / Perry Shawana. -- 5 Territoriality, personality, and the promotion of Aboriginal legal traditions in Canada / Ghislain Otis.

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