University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Edition: Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. [239]-279
Description
Various contributors give the "Aboriginal perspective" on the current applications of the Criminal Code, workings of the justice system in general, and required improvements.
Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Walker
Clarine Ostrove
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [13]-28
Description
Article outlines one possible legal response to the imminent export of a scared object under the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.
Journal of Church and State, vol. 44, no. 1, Winter, 2002, pp. 135-149
Description
Argues that Aboriginal spirituality is legally constructed outside of the boundaries of religious freedom and discusses problems faced by religious minorities in a Christian dominated society.
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Edition: Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. 41-146
Description
Lengthy review (100 pages), is a background study for the Law Reform Commission of Canada's report on Aboriginal Peoples and Criminal Justice; covers wide range of topics, both historical and contemporary, concerning the Canadian justice system's treatment of Aboriginal peoples.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 4, December, 2009, pp. 957-979
Description
Discusses the evolution of Aboriginal rights, concepts of identity and culture, theory of group rights, and consequences of the cultural test adopted by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 4, December 1994, pp. 543-557
Description
Discusses the development of Aboriginal rights from the outlawing of the potlatch to the rejection of anthropological evidence given at the Gitksan Wet'suwet'en land claim.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, April 30, 2000, p. 119
Description
Book reviews of: Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950 by Constance Backhouse and Race, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court: Historical Case Studies by James W. St. G. Walker.