Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Consumer Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Heron Loban
Description
Law Thesis (PhD) -- James Cook University, 2018.
Law Thesis (PhD) -- James Cook University, 2018.
Plain language explanation of legal principles involved in analysis of R. v. Stanley, the case in which Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colton Boushie, and was subsequently acquitted.
First document is a report written by Kingston, dated July 6, 1928, asks for instructions regarding whether or not participants should be charged given the fact that the event did not appear to violate the Indian Act. Second document is a letter by McCormack, describing ceremonies which took place at Rocky Mountain House and Hobbema, Alberta.