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Justice for natives : searching for common ground /

"A collection of thirty-five essays and stories, Justice for Natives came together around the Oka crisis between native people in Quebec and the government. Against the backdrop of this deep-rooted conflict, Native elders and leaders, provincial and federal government representatives, leading a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: InterAmicus (Association)
Otros Autores: Cotler, I. (Irwin), 1940-, Morrison, Andrea P., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : Published for InterAmicus, McGill University, Faculty of law by McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Medicine Wheel
  • Photos
  • Introduction
  • 1990 CONFLICT, SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIVE PEOPLES: SEARCHING FOR COMMON GROUND
  • Opening Thanksgiving
  • Native Women and the Indian Act: The Struggle for Justice (The Robert S. Litvack Memorial Award)
  • Introduction
  • Award Presentation
  • Award Address
  • Award Address
  • Award Address
  • PANEL ONE: Native Self-determination and Justice
  • Native People within the Judicial System
  • L'administration de la justice dans la province de Québec
  • Fairness and Partnership in Justice Systems
  • The Incentive for Separate Justice SystemsQuestion Period
  • PANEL TWO: Aboriginal Title and Land Claims
  • Issues Raised by Aboriginal Title and Land Claims
  • Les droits ancestraux et les titres au Canada: évolution ou révolution
  • The Recollection of Historical Practice
  • The Teme-Augama Anishnabay at Bear Island: Claiming our Homeland
  • Question Period
  • PANEL THREE: Self-Determination in the National and International Context
  • The International Community and Self-Determination
  • The Failure of International Law
  • Canadian Policies for Native Self-GovernmentAn Assessment of the Federal Self-Government Policy
  • Question Period
  • Closing Thanksgiving
  • 1991 LESSONS FROM OKA: FORGING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP
  • Opening Thanksgiving
  • PANEL ONE: The Path to Crisis: Origins of Conflict
  • Bringing the Constitution Home
  • Constitutional Alternatives: In Defence of the Imperial Model
  • The Legal Origins and Development of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
  • Indian Policy in the United States
  • Question Period
  • PANEL TWO: The Current Picture: Progress or Impasse?
  • Sovereignty and the Natural World EconomyDifferent Laws for Different People
  • A Practical Assessment of Litigation for Native Peoples
  • The Inherent Right to Self-Government
  • Question Period
  • PANEL THREE: Ways Forward: The Search for Just Solutions
  • Notes on Sovereignty
  • Systemic Approaches to a Changing World
  • James Bay II: A Call to Action
  • Question Period
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  • A Time to Say No
  • Closing Thanksgiving
  • 1992 JUSTICE FOR NATIVES?
  • PANEL ONE: Barriers to Justice
  • The Judiciary as Anthropologists
  • The Oka Trial
  • Question PeriodPANEL TWO: Legal Issues: Continuing Relations
  • Crown Fiduciary Duties under the Indian Act
  • Towards a New Relationship between First Nations and Ontario
  • Question Period
  • PANEL THREE: Models for Change
  • Co-Management: Sharing the Land
  • A Cree System of Justice: Implementing Change in the Justice System
  • An Independent Native Judiciary
  • Question Period
  • EPILOGUE
  • Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • Bibliography