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Since the entrenchment of Aboriginal rights in the Canadian constitution, Aboriginal law has continued to evolve amidst changing political and cultural influences. Over the past twenty years, the Supreme Court of Canada has carefully considered the nature of aboriginal rights and their intersection with complex constitutional principles, resulting in an expansive and challenging area of law.
Halsbury's Aboriginal title succinctly articulates all pertinent legislation and summarizes and analyzes the extensive decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada. With its accessible framework and superior analysis, this comprehensive title is an imperative resource for practitioners and professors of aboriginal law, as well as government and other officials who are directly involved with aboriginal peoples.
Topics in this essential reference include:
- Federal legislation
- Economic and institutional development legislation
- Land and resource development legislation
- Self-government legislation
- Comprehensive land claims
- International law
- Treaties and customs
- Human rights
- Self-government and international law
- Aboriginal and treaty rights
- Nature, content and remedies
- Reconciliation of aboriginal and treaty rights
- Aboriginal people
- Legal recognition
- Indian registration and band membership rules
- Personal rights and property of Indians
- Governance
- Indian band government under the Indian Act
- Self-government agreements
- Lands and natural resources
And much more.
Special Features
- Enhanced contents
- A general table of contents to the level of chapter headings
- A detailed table of contents to the level of clause headings
- Detailed sectional contents set out within the commentary for each chapter and section
- References and abbreviations – an alphabetical listing of special references and abbreviations used in the volume, with an explanation of their meaning
- Selected secondary sources – setting out selected texts, articles, and other secondary sources pertaining to the subject that the reader may find to be relevant and helpful
- Glossary of definitions – identifying words and phrases defined in relevant legislation, and providing the text of the definition in each jurisdiction for easy reference. A valuable quick reference to a wide variety of statutes promulgated across many jurisdictions
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