Discarding Old Prejudices: Judicial Precedent and Aboriginal Title

• Main Author: McNeil, Kent
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Osgoode Digital Commons 2019
• Subjects: Law; British Columbia; Canada; anishina*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/conference_papers/9; https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=conference_papers

This talk on judicial precedent and Aboriginal title combines legal history and current law. The legal history is important because it informs the current law. It also reveals the racism in Canadian law that retarded the development of the concept of Aboriginal title until the 1970s. My discussion o...