Aboriginal rights and litigation: history and future of court decisions in Canada
Abstract Recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitution Act 1982, and the establishment of the Office of Native Claims, would seem to have assured the rapid settlement of outstanding issues regarding aboriginal rights and native title to lands. More recently, the seeming abandonme...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s003224740000992x 2024-03-03T08:48:09+00:00 Aboriginal rights and litigation: history and future of court decisions in Canada Elias, Peter Douglas 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740000992x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740000992X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 25, issue 152, page 1-8 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1989 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s003224740000992x 2024-02-08T08:38:55Z Abstract Recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitution Act 1982, and the establishment of the Office of Native Claims, would seem to have assured the rapid settlement of outstanding issues regarding aboriginal rights and native title to lands. More recently, the seeming abandonment by government of political and negotiated resolution of these issues has left litigation as the remaining recourse for native groups to protect their interests. The courts, however, have become increasingly demanding in terms of what must be proven in order to make a successful case at law. It is predicted that the costs and technical difficulties of providing such proofs will limit the number of rights cases before the courts, and the chances of success for those that are mounted. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Cambridge University Press Canada Polar Record 25 152 1 8 |
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Abstract Recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitution Act 1982, and the establishment of the Office of Native Claims, would seem to have assured the rapid settlement of outstanding issues regarding aboriginal rights and native title to lands. More recently, the seeming abandonment by government of political and negotiated resolution of these issues has left litigation as the remaining recourse for native groups to protect their interests. The courts, however, have become increasingly demanding in terms of what must be proven in order to make a successful case at law. It is predicted that the costs and technical difficulties of providing such proofs will limit the number of rights cases before the courts, and the chances of success for those that are mounted. |
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