The Quest for Justice

The Quest for Justice
Author: Menno Boldt
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1985-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802065896

It contains some twenty-three papers from representatives of the aboriginal people's organizations, of governments, and of a variety of academic disciplines, along with introductions and an epilogue by the editors and appendices of the key constitutional documents from 1763.

Canada's Indigenous Constitution

Canada's Indigenous Constitution
Author: John Borrows
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1442610387

With characteristic richness and eloquence, John Borrows explores legal traditions, the role of governments and courts, and the prospect of a multi-juridical legal culture, all with a view to understanding and improving legal processes in Canada. He discusses the place of individuals, families, and communities in recovering and extending the role of Indigenous law within both Indigenous communities and Canadian society more broadly."--Pub. desc.

Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Australia, Canada, & New Zealand

Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Australia, Canada, & New Zealand
Author: Paul Havemann
Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 546
Release: 1999
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Australia, Canada and New Zealand aims to provide a contemporary and contextual survey and analysis of the legal and political interaction between the `British settler' states of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and the indigenous First Nation peoples they dispossessed.

21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act

21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act
Author: Bob Joseph
Publisher: Indigenous Relations Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780995266520

Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous Peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer.Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has shaped, controlled, and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph's book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph explains how Indigenous Peoples can step out from under the Indian Act and return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance--and why doing so would result in a better country for every Canadian. He dissects the complex issues around truth and reconciliation, and clearly demonstrates why learning about the Indian Act's cruel, enduring legacy is essential for the country to move toward true reconciliation.

Native Rights in Canada

Native Rights in Canada
Author: Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada
Publisher: Indian-Eskimo Assoc. of Canada
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1970
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN:

Report on research project on treaty and aboriginal rights of Canadian Indians and Eskimos

Recovering Canada

Recovering Canada
Author: John Borrows
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017-06-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1487516754

Canada is covered by a system of law and governance that largely obscures and ignores the presence of pre-existing Indigenous regimes. Indigenous law, however, has continuing relevance for both Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state. In his in-depth examination of the continued existence and application of Indigenous legal values, John Borrows suggests how First Nations laws could be applied by Canadian courts, and tempers this by pointing out the many difficulties that would occur if the courts attempted to follow such an approach. By contrasting and comparing Aboriginal stories and Canadian case law, and interweaving political commentary, Borrows argues that there is a better way to constitute Aboriginal / Crown relations in Canada. He suggests that the application of Indigenous legal perspectives to a broad spectrum of issues that confront us as humans will help Canada recover from its colonial past, and help Indigenous people recover their country. Borrows concludes by demonstrating how Indigenous peoples' law could be more fully and consciously integrated with Canadian law to produce a society where two world views can co-exist and a different vision of the Canadian constitution and citizenship can be created.

White Man's Law

White Man's Law
Author: Sidney L. Harring
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780802005038

In this sweeping re-investigation of Canadian legal history, Harring shows that Canada has historically dispossessed Aboriginal peoples of even the most basic civil rights.

Indigenous Legal Traditions

Indigenous Legal Traditions
Author: Law Commission of Canada
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0774855770

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. Although Indigenous peoples had their own systems of law based on their social, political, and spiritual traditions, under colonialism their legal systems have often been ignored or overruled by non-Indigenous laws. Today, however, these legal traditions are being reinvigorated and recognized as vital for the preservation of the political autonomy of Aboriginal nations and the development of healthy communities.

Images of Canadianness

Images of Canadianness
Author: Leen D'Haenens
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998
Genre: Canada
ISBN: 0776604899

Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway.