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Between Consenting Peoples

Between Consenting Peoples

Political Community and the Meaning of Consent

Edited by Jeremy Webber and Colin M. Macleod

Published by: UBC Press

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9780774818858
Published: October 2010

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This book will appeal to students and scholars of political theory, law, history, and Native studies and anyone concerned with the conditions of legitimate governance.

Introduction

1 The Meanings of Consent / Jeremy Webber

Part 1: The Challenges of Consent in Indigenous Contexts

2 Living Together: Gitksan Legal Reasoning as a Foundation for Consent / Val Napoleon

3 “Thou Wilt Not Die of Hunger ... for I Bring Thee Merchandise”: Consent, Intersocietal Normativity, and the Exchange of Food at York Factory, 1682-1763 / Janna Promislow

4 The Complexity of the Object of Consent: Some Australian Stories / Tim Rowse

Part 2: Reconceiving Consent in Political and Legal Philosophy

5 Indigenous Peoples and Political Legitimacy / Margaret Moore

6 Consent, Legitimacy, and the Foundation of Political and Legal Authority / David Dyzenhaus

7 Consent or Contestation? / Duncan Ivison

8 Beyond Consent and Disagreement: Why Law’s Authority is Not Just about Will / Andrée Boisselle

Concluding Reflections

9 Consent, Hegemony, and Dissent in Treaty Negotiations / James Tully

Index

Jeremy Webber holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Society at the University of Victoria and is a Trudeau Fellow. Colin M. Macleod is an associate professor of law and philosophy at the University of Victoria.

Contributors: Andrée Boisselle, David Dyzenhaus, Duncan Ivison, Margaret Moore, Val Napoleon, Janna Promislow, Tim Rowse, James Tully