Canadian Law and Indigenous Self‐Determination: A Naturalist Analysis Contributor(s): Christie, Gordon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442628995 ISBN-13: 9781442628991 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Indigenous Peoples - Philosophy | Political - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
Dewey: 342.710 |
LCCN: 2018456055 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (1.50 lbs) 448 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For centuries, Canadian sovereignty has existed uneasily alongside forms of Indigenous legal and political authority. Canadian Law and Indigenous Self-Determination demonstrates how, over the last few decades, Canadian law has attempted to remove Indigenous sovereignty from the Canadian legal and social landscape. Adopting a naturalist analysis, Gordon Christie responds to questions about how to theorize this legal phenomenon, and how the study of law should accommodate the presence of diverse perspectives. Exploring the socially-constructed nature of Canadian law, Christie reveals how legal meaning, understood to be the outcome of a specific society, is being reworked to devalue the capacities of Indigenous societies. Addressing liberal positivism and critical postcolonial theory, Canadian Law and Indigenous Self-Determination considers the way in which Canadian jurists, working within a world circumscribed by liberal thought, have deployed the law in such a way as to attempt to remove Indigenous meaning-generating capacity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Christie, Gordon: - Gordon Christie is Professor in the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. |
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