L’autochtonisation de la justice saisie par la Cour itinérante au Nord-du-Québec (1972-1985)
Shortly after its creation in 1974, the itinerant court of the Abitibi district, which rendered justice north of the 49th parallel, was deemed poorly adapted, inefficient and was perceived as illegitimate in the eyes of the native peoples. Faced with this reality, Cree and Inuit authorities took ste...
| Published in: | Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française |
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| Language: | French |
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Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française
2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7202/1070108ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1070108ar |
| Summary: | Shortly after its creation in 1974, the itinerant court of the Abitibi district, which rendered justice north of the 49th parallel, was deemed poorly adapted, inefficient and was perceived as illegitimate in the eyes of the native peoples. Faced with this reality, Cree and Inuit authorities took steps to regain control over community justice through the lens of political self determination. While researchers have documented the points of view of Inuit people on the penal system, what do we know of the debates amongst the judicial actors who faced indigenous demands in the early 1980’s ? Peu après sa création en 1974, le tribunal itinérant du district d’Abitibi appliquant la justice au nord du 49e parallèle se révèle inadapté, inefficace et perçu comme illégitime aux yeux des peuples autochtones. Face à cette réalité, les autorités cries et inuites entreprennent des démarches en vue de reprendre en charge la justice communautaire dans une perspective d’autodétermination politique. Si les chercheurs ont documenté les points de vue du peuple inuit sur le système pénal, que sait-on des débats qui agitent les acteurs judiciaires face aux revendications autochtones au début des années 1980 ? |
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