Hunger, horses, and government men : criminal law on the aboriginal plains, 1870-1905 /

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"Scholars often accept without question that Canada's Indian Act (1876) criminalized First Nations. In this illuminating book, Shelley Gavigan argues that the notion of criminalization captures neither the complexities of Aboriginal participation in the courts nor the significance of the I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gavigan, Shelley A. M.
Autor Corporativo: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : Published by UBC Press : for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2012.
Colección:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C. : Online)
Temas:
Indians of North America > Criminal justice system > Saskatchewan > History.
Criminal law > Saskatchewan > History.
Criminal courts > Saskatchewan > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Saskatchewan > History.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Saskatchewan.
Indigenous peoples > Saskatchewan > Government relations.
Native peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Saskatchewan.
Native peoples > Saskatchewan > Government relations.
Droit pénal > Saskatchewan > Histoire.
Tribunaux criminels > Saskatchewan > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Système pénal > Saskatchewan > Histoire.
Autochtones > Droit > Saskatchewan.
Justice pénale > Administration > Saskatchewan > Histoire.
Autochtones > Saskatchewan > Relations avec l'État.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc.
Indigenous peoples > Government relations.
Criminal courts.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Criminal law.
Indians of North America > Criminal justice system.
Indigenes Volk.
Strafrecht.
Minderheitenrecht.
Saskatchewan.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: One Warrior's Legal History
  • Legally Framing the Plains and the First Nations
  • "Of Course No One Saw Them": Aboriginal Accused in the Criminal Court
  • "Prisoner Never Gave Me Anything for What He Done": Aboriginal Voices in the Criminal Court
  • "Make a Better Indian of Him": Indian Policy and the Criminal Court
  • Six Women, Six Stories
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword: A Methodological Note on Sources and Data.

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