Indigenous Peoples

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of law, Aboriginal studies, the social and political sciences, postcolonial studies, and identity politics.Book InformationISBN 9780774832380Author Dimitrios PanagosFormat HardbackPage Count...

In a 1994 decision known as Howard, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Aboriginal signatories to the 1923 Williams Treaties had knowingly given up not only their title to off-reserve lands but also their treaty rights to hunt and fish for food. No...

In the late nineteenth century, the English legal historians Frederick Pollock and F.W. Maitland coined the phrase "the grand experiment" to describe the spread of English law throughout the British Empire. For Pollock and Maitland, this was an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385670401Author Christie BlatchfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 340g

This book, the first of its kind, comprehensively explores Native American claims against the United States government over the past two centuries. Despite the federal government's multiple attempts to redress indigenous claims, a close examination...

In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen, a case involving the Saulteaux people's land rights in Ontario. This precedent-setting case would define the legal contours of...

This book will appeal to anyone interested in the Metis Nation and Indigenous self-government, including scholars in Political Science, Indigenous Studies, and Public Policy as well as government officials and the general public.Book InformationISBN...

The name "Donald Marshall Jr." is synonymous with "wrongful conviction" and the fight for Indigenous rights in Canada. In Truth and Conviction, Jane McMillan - Marshall's former partner, an acclaimed anthropologist, and an original...

The sacred sites of indigenous peoples are under increasing threat worldwide as a result of state appropriation of control over ancestral territories, coupled with insatiable demands on lands, waters, and natural resources. Yet because they spiritually...

For the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en peoples of northwest British Columbia, the land is invested with meaning that goes beyond simple notions of property or sustenance. Considered both a food box and a storage box of history and wealth, the land plays a...

This book is an interdisciplinary study of struggles for indigenous self-determination and the recognition of indigenous' territorial rights in Latin America. Studies of indigenous peoples' opposition to extractive industries have tended to focus on...

The 1980s was a time of significant social, political and cultural change. In Australia, the law was pivotal to these changes. The two High Court cases that this book explores - Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) and the Tasmanian Dams case (1983) - are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226608594Author Justin B RichlandFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

This guide provides a reliable resource on American Indian law. Its authoritative text covers the essentials of this complex body of law, with attention to the governmental policies underlying it. The work emphasizes both the historical development of...

The 1980s was a time of significant social, political and cultural change. In Australia, the law was pivotal to these changes. The two High Court cases that this book explores - Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) and the Tasmanian Dams case (1983) - are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772013825Author Lorraine WeirFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Talon Books,CanadaPublisher Talon Books,CanadaWeight(grams) 725g

.Book InformationISBN 9780367693978Author Ranjan DattaFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of legal theory, Aboriginal law, and Native studies and to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of Aboriginal land rights in Canada and around the world.Book InformationISBN 9780774821858Author...

This book will appeal to a range of scholars and students in law, economics, political science, development studies, and Indigenous studies.Book InformationISBN 9780774863438Author Jamie BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint University of British...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922633248Author Inala CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 111g

The sacred sites of indigenous peoples are under increasing threat worldwide as a result of state appropriation of control over ancestral territories, coupled with insatiable demands on lands, waters, and natural resources. Of late, First Nations in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925377248Author Rani KerinFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 350g

Traditionally, nehiyaw (Cree) laws are shared and passed down through oral customs - stories, songs, ceremonies - using lands, waters, animals, land markings and other sacred rites. However, the loss of the languages, customs, and traditions of...

Protecting Traditional Knowledge examines the emerging international frameworks for the protection of Indigenous traditional knowledge, and presents an analysis situated at the intersection between intellectual property, access and benefit sharing, and...

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of law, Aboriginal studies, the social and political sciences, postcolonial studies, and identity politics.Book InformationISBN 9780774832397Author Dimitrios PanagosFormat PaperbackPage Count...

This book is an interdisciplinary study of struggles for indigenous self-determination and the recognition of indigenous' territorial rights in Latin America. Studies of indigenous peoples' opposition to extractive industries have tended to focus on its...

It is well-known that there is a complicated relationship between Native American tribes and the US government. Relations between tribes and the government are dominated by the principle known as the "Federal-Indian Trust Relationship." The key aspect of...

For the past 180 years, the inherent power of indigenous tribes to govern themselves has been a central tenet of federal Indian law. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's repeated confirmation of Native sovereignty since the early 1830s, it has, in the past...

This book will appeal to anyone interested in the Donald Marshall story, Indigenous peoples encounters with the law, and social justice issues.Book InformationISBN 9780774837484Author L. Jane McMillanFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint University of...

This book brings together Indigenous, Third World and Settler perspectives on the theory and practice of decolonizing law. Colonialism, imperialism, and settler colonialism continue to affect the lives of racialized communities and Indigenous Peoples...

As the settler state of Canada expanded into Indigenous lands, settlers dispossessed Indigenous people and undermined their sovereignty as nations. One site of invasion was Kahnawa:ke, a Kanien'keha:ka community and part of the Rotinonhsionni confederacy...

This highly original work demonstrates the fundamental role of customary law for the realization of Indigenous peoples' human rights and for sound national and international legal governance. The book reviews the legal status of customary law and its...

Although nomadic peoples are scattered worldwide and have highly heterogeneous lifestyles, they face similar threats to their mobile livelihood and survival. Commonly, nomadic peoples are facing pressure from the predominant sedentary world over...

The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better story. Keith Richotte begins his playful, unconventional look at Native American and Supreme Court history with a question: When did plenary power–the federal government's...

Historically, Indigenous art and cultural/societal expression, intellectual property (IP) has been identified and examined within Canadian or international legal regimes. This book moves the discussion to within specific Indigenous legal orders...

Argues that a refined concept of culture can be used by American courts to better analyze cases that cover the sense of community. Supreme Court Justices frequently justify their opinions in terms of the traditions and customs of a community. Yet, the...

Winner of the Hart–SLSA Book Prize 2024 This book explores the narratives and experiences of people in the Global South as they encounter the impact of international law in their lives. It looks specifically at approaches to international migrations and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990735486Author Drew Ann WakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Durvile Publications Ltd.Publisher Durvile Publications Ltd.

Historically, Indigenous art and cultural/societal expression, intellectual property (IP) has been identified and examined within Canadian or international legal regimes. This book moves the discussion to within specific Indigenous legal orders...

This book is the first comparative law study of collateral consequences of criminal conviction in all federally recognized Indian tribes in the lower 48 U.S. states, and the mechanisms for restoring civil rights in tribal law.Surveying the constitutions,...