The Right Relationship
Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties
Published on 17. February 2017
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-1-4426-3020-8 (ISBN)
Description
The relationship between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government is one that has increasingly come to the fore. Numerous tragic incidents and a legacy of historical negligence combined with more vehement calls for action is forcing a reconsideration of the relationship between the federal government and Indigenous nations. In The Right Relationship, John Borrows and Michael Coyle bring together a group of renowned scholars, both indigenous and non-indigenous, to cast light on the magnitude of the challenges Canadians face in seeking a consensus on the nature of treaty partnership in the twenty-first century. The diverse perspectives offered in this volume examine how Indigenous people's own legal and policy frameworks can be used to develop healthier attitudes between First Peoples and settler governments in Canada. While considering the existing law of Aboriginal and treaty rights, the contributors imagine what these relationships might look like if those involved pursued our highest aspirations as Canadians and Indigenous peoples. This timely and authoritative volume provides answers that will help pave the way toward good governance for all.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-3020-8 (9781442630208)
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Persons
John Borrows is the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria and is the winner of both the Canadian Political Science Association's Donald Smiley Prize (for Recovering Canada) and the Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize (for Canada's Indigenous Constitution). Michael Coyle is an associate professor and Director of Graduate Programs in the Faculty of Law at Western University. He has over twenty-five years of experience in mediating disputes between the Crown and First Nations.
Content
Acknowledgements Introduction PART I. TREATY REMEDIES - HOW SHOULD HISTORY SHAPE THE LAW? Canada's Colonial Constitution JOHN BORROWS As Long as the Sun Shines: Recognizing that Treaties were Intended to Last MICHAEL COYLE Indigenous Rights Litigation, Legal History, and yhe Role of Experts KENT MCNEIL Bargains Made in Bad Times: How Principles from Modern Treaties can Reinvigorate Historic Treaties JULIE JAI Who Calls the Shots? Balancing Individual and Collective Interests in The Assertion of Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights FRANCESCA ALLODI-ROSS Negotiating Self-Government Over & Over & Over Again: Interpreting Contemporary Treaties SARI GRABEN & MATTHEW MEHAFFY PART II. THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS LEGAL ORDERS: TREATY RIGHTS OR RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS? Rights and Remedies Within Common Law and Indigenous Legal Traditions: Can the Covenant Chain be Judicially Enforced Today? MARK D. WALTERS What is a Treaty? On Contract and Mutual Aid AARON MILLS Changing the Treaty Question: Remedying the Right(S) Relationship HEIDI KIIWETINEPINESIIK STARK (Re)Defining "Good Faith" Through Snuw'uyulh SARAH MORALES PART III. "FITTING THE FORUM TO THE FUSS" - RE-EXAMINING THE FORUMS IN WHICH TREATY DISPUTES ARE ADDRESSED A Treaty in Another Context: Creating Reimagined Treaty Relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand JACINTA RURU Nanabush, Lon Fuller and Historical Treaties: The Potentialities and Limits of Adjudication JEAN LECLAIR Treaties and The Emancipatory Potential of International Law SARA L. SECK