Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains : The First Nations and the First Criminal Court in the North-West Territories, 1870–1903

This study undertakes an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the First Nations and the criminal law in the 'Saskatchewan' region of the North-West Territories, taking as its temporal point of departure the creation of the Territories in 1870. Through data derived from criminal co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gavigan, Shelley A. M.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Osgoode Digital Commons 2008
Subjects:
Criminal justice
Administration of
Indigenous peoples > Legal status
laws
etc
Criminal law
Northwest Territories
Canada
Indigenous
Indian
and Aboriginal Law
First Nations
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty_books/347
https://www.library.yorku.ca/find/Record/2058281
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Summary:This study undertakes an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the First Nations and the criminal law in the 'Saskatchewan' region of the North-West Territories, taking as its temporal point of departure the creation of the Territories in 1870. Through data derived from criminal court records from Hugh Richardson's tenure on the territorial bench (1876-1903), this study analyses the role of Canadian criminal law in a watershed period of social and legal transformation in and for the lives of the First Nations.

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