The right relationship : reimagining the implementation of historical treaties /

The relationship between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government is one that has increasingly come to the fore. Numerous tragic incidents and a legacy of historical negligence combined with more vehement calls for action is forcing a reconsideration of the relationship between t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Coyle, Michael, 1960- (Author, Editor), Borrows, John, 1963- (Author, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Canada's colonial constitution / John Borrows
  • As long as the sun shines : recognizing that treaties were intended to last / Michael Coyle
  • Indigenous rights litigation, legal history, and the role of experts / Kent McNeil
  • Bargains made in bad times : how principles from modern treaties can reinvigorate historic treaties / Julie Jai
  • Who calls the shots? Balancing individual and collective interests in the assertion of aboriginal and treaty harvesting rights / Francesca Allodi-Ross
  • Negotiating self-government over & over & over again : interpreting contemporary treaties / Sari Green and Michael Mehaffey
  • Rights and remedies within common law and Indigenous legal traditions : can the covenant chain be judicially enforced today? / Mark D. Walters
  • What is a treaty? On contract and mutual aid / Aaron Mills
  • Changing the treaty question : remedying the right(s) relationship / Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
  • (Re)Defining "good faith" through Snuw'uyulh / Sarah Morales
  • A treaty in another context : creating reimagined treaty relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand / Jacinta Ruru
  • Nanabush, Lon Fuller, and historical treaties : the potentialities and limits of adjudication / Jean Leclair
  • Treaties and the emancipatory potential of international law / Sara L. Seck
  • Consult, consent, and veto : international norms and Canadian treaties / Shin Imai.