Law and Society Series

Commentary on the pivotal case which established that title was a right recognized by Canadian law. Chapter from: Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights edited by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven, Jeremy Webber.

Briefly looks at some Indigenous-colonial conflicts and questions whether Supreme Count decisions with respect to "aboriginal and treaty rights" have represented significant change. Excerpt from Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Discusses Aboriginal groups' viewpoints on the Constitution Act, 1982 and how readings of it by the Supreme Court of Canada varied from the Aboriginal interpretation. Chapter 14 from Contested Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms edited by James B. Kelly, Christopher P. Manfredi.

Comments on the 2006 confrontation between the Haudenosaunee and authorities over a land development. Introduction and chapter one from Conflict in Caledonia: Aboriginal Land Rights and the Rule of Law by Laura DeVries.

Considers several factors affecting intermarriage: geography, law, morality, race and sexuality. Chapter 1 from Regulating Lives: Historical Essays on the State, Society, the Individual, and the Law edited by John P. S. McLaren, Robert Menzies, Dorothy E. Chunn.