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Let right be done : Aboriginal title, the Calder case, and the future of Indigenous rights /

"In the early 1970s, many questioned whether Aboriginal title existed in Canada and rejected the notion that Aboriginal peoples should have rights different from those of other citizens. But in 1973 the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision in the Calder case, confirming that Abori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foster, Hamar, 1948-, Webber, Jeremy H. A., 1958-, Raven, Heather, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2007.
Colección:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Calder decision, Aboriginal title, treaties, and the Nisga'a / Christina Godlewska and Jeremy Webber
  • Frank Calder and Thomas Berger: a conversation
  • Reminiscences of Aboriginal rights at the time of the Calder case and its aftermath / Honourable Gérard V. La Forest
  • We are not O'Meara's children: law, lawyers, and the first campaign for Aboriginal title in British Columbia, 1908-28 / Hamar Foster
  • Then fight for it: William Lewis Paul and Alaska Native land claims / Stephen Haycox
  • Calder and the representation of Indigenous Society in Canadian jurisprudence / Michael Asch
  • A taxonomy of Aboriginal rights / Brian Slattery
  • Judicial approaches to self-government since Calder: searching for doctrinal coherence / Kent McNeil
  • Customary rights and Crown claims: Calder and Aboriginal title in Aotearoa, New Zealand / David V. Williams
  • The influence of Canadian and International law on the evolution of Australian Aboriginal title / Garth Nettheim
  • Let obligations be done / John Borrows
  • Closing thoughts: final remarks from Iona Campagnolo, Lance Finch, Joseph Gosnell, and Frank Calder.