"Surveys the most important issues in Canadian law concerning Aboriginal peoples, contextualizing them within their larger cultural, political and sociological framework. Extensively updated, this edition covers the Supreme Court's interpretive approach to modern land claims agreements, development of the duty to consult and accomodate Aboriginal rights, the extension of Indian status, the Residential School Apology, Indian Act tax exemptions, and Constitution and Charter implications."--Back cover.
Record details
ISBN:9780433471011 (sc.)
ISBN:0433471018
Physical Description:print xxviii, 1155 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition:4th ed.
Publisher:Markham, Ont. : LexisNexis Canada, 2012
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. ix-xiii) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Governance -- 2. Aboriginal rights -- 3. Aboriginal title -- 4. Treaties -- 5. Crown obligations -- 6. Inuit rights -- 7. Metis rights -- 8. Federalism / constitutional issues -- 9. Aboriginal women -- 10. Child welfare -- 11. Taxation -- 12. Aboriginal peoples and criminal justice.