The Sense of a Better Ending: Legal Pluralism and Performative Jurisprudence in Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian J. Macrae
Samantha Mackinnon
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 547-570
Description
Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.