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Indigenous Legal Traditions

Indigenous Legal Traditions

Published by: UBC Press

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9780774855778
Published: January 2008

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It will be of interest to a wide audience including lawyers and legal academics, teachers, students, policy makers, and members of Aboriginal communities.

Preface

Introduction: Aboriginal Legal Traditions – Which Way Out of Colonialism? / Andrée Lajoie

1 “Getting to a Better Place”: Qwi:qwelstóm, the Stó:lo, and Self-Determination / Ted Palys and Wenona Victor

2 An Apology Feast in Hazelton: Indian Residential Schools, Reconciliation, and Making Space for Indigenous Legal Traditions / Paulette Regan

3 Reconciliation without Respect? Section 35 and Indigenous Legal Orders / Minniwaanagogiizhigook (Dawnis Kennedy)

4 Legal Processes, Pluralism in Canadian Jurisprudence, and the Governance of Carrier Medicine Knowledge / Perry Shawana

5 Territoriality, Personality, and the Promotion of Aboriginal Legal Traditions in Canada / Ghislain Otis

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The Law Commission of Canada is an independent federal law reform agency that advises Parliament on how to improve and modernize Canada's laws.

Contributors: Dawnis Kennedy, Andrée Lajoie, Ghislain Otis, Ted Palys and Wenona Victor, Paulette Regan, Perry Shawana

Indigenous Legal Traditions explores the role of Indigenous law both within the context of the Canadian legal system, and as an independent structure. This collection of essays offers five different perspectives on the nature of Aboriginal legal traditions ... The essays echo themes of reconciliation, autonomy and identity. The concept of decolonization appears repeatedly, as the authors search for ways to free traditional legal systems from the oppressive and restrictive colonial structure ... Given the wide range of debate on these important issues, readers will find the book a relevant and insightful look into the role, significance, and future of Indigenous legal systems. ~Sarah Burningham, Saskatchewan Law Review, Vol. 71, 2008