Home and Native Land : Aboriginal rights and the Canadian Constitution
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0458973807
ISBN 13
9780458973804
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1984
Publisher
Pages
156
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations
Tags
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc. -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc., Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure
Abstract
"Section 35 of the Constitution Act expressly acknowledges, for the first time, that there are aboriginal people and aboriginal rights. What, then, are the implications for Canada of the inclusion of this section in our constitution? Central to this question is the definition of aboriginal rights and whether they include such "special" political rights as self-determination.
Home and Native Land is divided into two major sections. The first focusses on definitions and provides a detailed account of the meaning of the phrase "aboriginal rights" as used by the two main actors: the government and the aboriginal peoples; the second is devoted to the question of political rights and the means by which this issue can be resolved."--Back cover.
Home and Native Land is divided into two major sections. The first focusses on definitions and provides a detailed account of the meaning of the phrase "aboriginal rights" as used by the two main actors: the government and the aboriginal peoples; the second is devoted to the question of political rights and the means by which this issue can be resolved."--Back cover.
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