Alberta Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1, Symposium on Aboriginal Legal Issues, December 1997, pp. 180-217
Description
Argues that the definition of Aboriginal rights must be broadened to include all Aboriginal peoples and that the inherent, sui generis rights of the Metis should date not from pre-contact but from the imposition of colonial law and government.
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 1, April 1997, p. 10
Description
Argues that the Canadian case, R versus Van Der Peet, has allowed the Australian Courts to interpret Aboriginal or Native title in a more restrictive manner.
Court considered the validity and duratiion of a permit granting right-of-way to a provincial utility company for power lines across a reserve pursuant to Indian Act, s. 28(2)
Alberta Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1, Symposium on Aboriginal Legal Issues, December 1997, pp. 9-45
Description
Examines the development, use and impact of term sui generis (meaning of its own kind or genus being unique in characteristics) to describe Aboriginal rights.