Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery: The Road to Reconciliation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Edward John
Mark MacDonald
Jennifer Preston
Stuart Wuttke
Description
Discussion of international legal principle created and justified by ideas of European superiority; doctrine provided newly arrived Europeans with automatic property rights and entitled them to exercise governmental, political, and commercial power over the original inhabitants.
Panel discussion at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's closing events.
Duration: 1:03:21.