Newman, Dwight

Contends that links between Canadian policies and African apartheid are doubtful and claims that specific Canadian legal approaches have been adopted by South Africa's system, are absent from South African historical accounts.

Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.

Book Review of Between Consenting Peoples: Political Community and the Meaning of Consent, edited by Jeremy Webber and Colin M. Macleod.

Analyzes the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples related to consultation with Indigenous groups and its formations of customary international law. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, 12-15 June 2012, Edmonton, Alberta.

Examines the impact of two Supreme Court of Canada decisions regarding the interpretations of modern treaties.

Discusses some concerns by Aboriginal communities with the duty to consult policy framework in Saskatchewan.

An overview of Canadian-Aboriginal relations as they are playing out in the Yukon

Analyzes recent court decisions involving the "duty to consult and accommodate" and Aboriginal title.

Looks at crowning legal uncertainty about Aboriginal land claims and the resource sector investment.

An analysis of the role of the Special Rapporteur on the advancement of the norms of Indigenous consultation. Chapter in International Law in the New age of Globalization edited by Andrew Byrnes, Mika Hayashi, Chris Michaelsen

Act requires disclosure of payments given to Aboriginal communities by the extractive resource industry when Impact Benefit Agreements are negotiated.

The sixth article in a series to provide overview of Appeal decisions, includes brief comments on sentencing of Aboriginal offenders and sentencing circles.

Analyzes implications of case law for off-reserve communities and for governments' interactions with them. Discusses the related issue of what forms of governance institutions and/or corporate organizations can pursue consultation on behalf of communities.

Discusses the need for more economic analysis for developing approaches to Indigenous property rights.

Examines background and implications of the landmark Supreme Court decision which, for the first time, granted Aboriginal title outside a reserve.

Overview of the evolution, implementation, and implications of the doctrine.

Explores methodologies which seek to inform and persuade courts and legislators while encompassing Aboriginal concepts of rights.

Uses the work of Will Kymlicka and Patrick Macklem to discuss the legal protection or entrenchment of Indigenous rights. An unfinished draft paper for a presentation at the Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group.

Looks at the impact of culture and methodology on creating a cross-cultural moral theory.