The honour and dishonour of the Crown : making sense of Aboriginal law in Canada

Summary: "In Canada, the fundamentals of law relating to Aboriginal peoples are unclear and Indigenous communities lack appropriate guidance in terms of efficiently accessing the legal system to address breaches of their rights. This is yet another injustice endured by Aboriginal peoples in Canada. However, the Supreme Court of Canada has begun to place greater emphasis on the honour-of-the-Crown principle and less on the paternalistic, complex notion that governments owe a fiduciary duty to Aboriginal peoples. Dickson explores both theoretical and practical implications of this fundamental shift and possible future outcomes." -- goodreads.com

Record details

ISBN: 9781895830835 (softcover)
Physical Description: 159 pages ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Saskatoon, SK : Purich Publishing Limited, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The honour of the crown principle -- Conventional fiduciary law -- Fiduciary law as applied, nonconventionally, in crown/aboriginal contexts -- Crown/aboriginal fiduciary doctrine as a "mistake" -- The new face of aboriginal law in Canada.