Flawed precedent : the St. Catherine's case and Aboriginal title
Record details
- ISBN: 0774861061
- ISBN: 9780774861069
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Physical Description:
xv, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
print - Publisher: Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes table of cases. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-295) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The political and ideological context of the 1880s -- The historical context -- The factual background, cause of action, and evidence -- Chancellor Boyd's trial decision -- The Ontario Court of Appeal decision -- The Supreme Court of Canada judgments -- Lord Watson's Privy Council decision -- The decision's impact and the debate over Indigenous land rights in British Columbia -- The modern case law. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | KEO 1047 O39 M36 2019 (Text) | 26040003385867 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
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In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in the St. Catherineâs case. This precedent-setting decision would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred years. In Flawed Precedent, preeminent legal scholar Kent McNeil examines the trial and its context in detail, demonstrating how erroneous assumptions and prejudicial attitudes about Indigenous peoples and their land use influenced the case. He also discusses the effects the decision had on law and policy until the 1970s when its authority was finally questioned in Calder and in other key rulings. McNeil has written a compelling account of a landmark case that undermined Indigenous land rights for almost a century.
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In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in the St. Catherineâs case. This precedent-setting decision would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred years. In Flawed Precedent, preeminent legal scholar Kent McNeil examines the trial and its context in detail, demonstrating how erroneous assumptions and prejudicial attitudes about Indigenous peoples and their land use influenced the case. He also discusses the effects the decision had on law and policy until the 1970s, when its authority was finally questioned in Calder and in other key rulings. McNeil has written a compelling account of a landmark case that undermined Indigenous land rights for almost a century.