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Freedom and indigenous constitutionalism  Cover Image Book Book

Freedom and indigenous constitutionalism

Borrows, John 1963- (author.).

Summary: "Indigenous traditions can be uplifting, positive, and liberating forces when they are connected to living systems of thought and practice. Problems arise when they are treated as timeless models of unchanging truth that require unwavering deference and unquestioning obedience. Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism celebrates the emancipatory potential of Indigenous traditions, considers their value as the basis for good laws and good lives, and critiques the failure of Canadian constitutional traditions to recognize their significance."--

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  • ISBN: 9781442630932
  • ISBN: 1442630930
  • ISBN: 9781442629233
  • ISBN: 1442629231
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 371 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-358) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Machine generated contents note: 1. Physical Philosophy: Mobility and Indigenous Freedom -- A. Methodologies of Mobility: Physical Philosophy -- B. Models of Mobility -- C. Manipulating Mobility: Settled and Unsettled Law -- i). `Damned if We Move': The Too Unsettled Thesis -- ii). `... and Damned if We Don't': The Too Settled Thesis -- D. Recognizing and Affirming Indigenous Physical Mobility -- E. Recognizing and Affirming Indigenous Conceptual Mobility -- i). Indigenous Governments and Personal Relationships -- ii). Indigenous Governments and Institutional Relationships -- F. Conclusion -- 2. Civil (Dis)Obedience, Freedom, and Democracy -- A. Moving Beyond Abstractions: Remembering Grounded Histories -- B. Group One: Best Practices (so far) in Indigenous Civil (Dis)obedience -- i). Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia -- ii). James Bay -- iii). Chippewas of the Nawash -- iv). Clayoquot Sound -- C. Group Two: Helping Others, Failing at Home -- i). Oka/Kanesatake, Quebec -- ii). Burnt Church -- D. Group Three: Diminishing Democracy and Eroding Freedom, Generally and Specifically -- i). Anicinabe Park -- ii). Algonquins of Barriere Lake -- iii). Temagami Anishinaabe -- E. Conclusion -- 3. Indigenous Freedom and Canadian Constitutionalism -- A. Constitutional Complexities -- B. Constitutional Suspicions -- C. Constitutional Discussions -- D. Constitutional Amendment: Strategies and Debates -- E. Constitutional Entrenchment -- F. Constitutional Conferences and Accords -- G. Conclusion -- 4. (Ab)Originalism and Canada's Constitution -- A. (Ab)Originalism and Living Trees: Analysing Modes of Interpretation -- B. (Ab)Originalism and the Canons of Construction -- i). Treaties, Originalism, and the Canons of Construction -- ii). Aboriginal Rights, Originalism, and the Canons of Construction -- C. (Ab)Originalism as Adverse Discrimination -- D. Three Alternatives to (Ab)Originalism -- E. Indigenous Legal Traditions, Living Trees, and Originalism -- F. Conclusion -- 5. Legislation and Indigenous Self-Determination in Canada and the United States -- A. Indigenous Control of Federal Services -- B. Protection of Indigenous Cultures and Communities -- C. Indigenous Control in Relation to Economic Development, Environment, and Natural Resources -- D. Conclusion -- 6. Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Violence against Women -- A. Problem and/or the Answer: Indigenous Self-Determination and Violence against Women -- B. Indigenous Governments: Can They Be Trusted? -- C. Section 35(1) and Violence against Women -- i). Aboriginal Rights: Violence against Women and the `Integral to the Distinctive Culture' Test -- ii). Violence against Women and Treaties -- D. Conclusion.
Subject: Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Canada
Ojibwa law
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Canada
Native peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Canada
Native peoples -- Canada -- Politics and government
Native peoples -- Civil rights -- Canada
Autochtones -- Droit -- Canada
Autochtones -- Canada -- Politique et gouvernement
Autochtones -- Droits -- Canada
Droit ojibwa
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc
Ojibwa law
Canada
First Nations -- Government relations
First Nations -- Rights and title
First Nations -- Self determination
First Nations -- Activism
Indigenous political philosophy
Anishinabe -- Culture
Anishinabe -- Knowledge, traditional
Genre: Legal Canadiana.

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