Conflict in Caledonia: Aboriginal Land Rights and the Rule of Law (Law and Society Series) - Hardcover

Devries, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774821841 ISBN 13: 9780774821841

Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, 2011

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In February 2006, First Nations protesters blocked workers from entering a housing development in southern Ontario. The protest highlighted the issue of land rights and sparked a series of ongoing events known as the “Caledonia Crisis.” This powerful account of the dispute links the actions of police, officials, and locals to non-Aboriginal discourses about law, landscape, and identity. DeVries encourages non-Aboriginal Canadians to reconsider their assumptions, to view “facts” such as the rule of law as culturally specific notions that prevent truly equitable dialogue. She seeks out possible solutions in alternative conceptualizations of sovereignty over land and law embedded in the Constitution.

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Laura DeVries is currently studying law at theUniversity of British Columbia.

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In February 2006, First Nations protesters blocked workers from
entering a housing development in southern Ontario. The protest
highlighted the issue of land rights and sparked a series of ongoing
events known as the "Caledonia Crisis." This powerful
account of the dispute links the actions of police, officials, and
locals to non-Aboriginal discourses about law, landscape, and identity.
DeVries encourages non-Aboriginal Canadians to reconsider their
assumptions, to view "facts" such as the rule of law as
culturally specific notions that prevent truly equitable dialogue. She
seeks out possible solutions in alternative conceptualizations of
sovereignty over land and law embedded in the Constitution.

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In February 2006, First Nations protesters blocked workers from
entering a housing development in southern Ontario. The protest
highlighted the issue of land rights and sparked a series of ongoing
events known as the "Caledonia Crisis." This powerful
account of the dispute links the actions of police, officials, and
locals to non-Aboriginal discourses about law, landscape, and identity.
DeVries encourages non-Aboriginal Canadians to reconsider their
assumptions, to view "facts" such as the rule of law as
culturally specific notions that prevent truly equitable dialogue. She
seeks out possible solutions in alternative conceptualizations of
sovereignty over land and law embedded in the Constitution.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0774821841
• ISBN 13: 9780774821841
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 242
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