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This book demonstrates how and why courts have failed to fairly treat First Nations sacred sites, which are under increasing threat worldwide due to state appropriation and insatiable demands on natural resources.

Trade Review
This is a provocative book that is well worth assessing by trial lawyers interested in our aboriginal issues. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac * The Barrister *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: What First Nations Peoples Have at Stake

1 The Outlines of a General Theory of Sacred Sites

2 The Context in Which First Nations Carry Their Fight to the Courts

3 In Canada’s Courts: The Meares Strategy

4 In Canada’s Courts: The Haida Strategy

5 How First Nations Sacred Sites Have Fared in Canada’s Courts

6 Tima Kwetsi- Epilogue

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

First Nations Sacred Sites in Canadas Courts

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/2006
      ISBN13: 9780774811309, 978-0774811309
      ISBN10: 0774811307
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      Social and cultural history Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book demonstrates how and why courts have failed to fairly treat First Nations sacred sites, which are under increasing threat worldwide due to state appropriation and insatiable demands on natural resources.

      Trade Review
      This is a provocative book that is well worth assessing by trial lawyers interested in our aboriginal issues. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac * The Barrister *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: What First Nations Peoples Have at Stake

      1 The Outlines of a General Theory of Sacred Sites

      2 The Context in Which First Nations Carry Their Fight to the Courts

      3 In Canada’s Courts: The Meares Strategy

      4 In Canada’s Courts: The Haida Strategy

      5 How First Nations Sacred Sites Have Fared in Canada’s Courts

      6 Tima Kwetsi- Epilogue

      Notes

      Selected Bibliography

      Index

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