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Witness to the Human Rights Tribunals offers a behind-the-scenes account of the difficulties facing Indigenous people in human rights tribunals, and the struggles of experts to keep their own testimony from being undermined.



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engagingly practical instead of theoretical.

-- G. Christensen, Stetson University College of Law * CHOICE Connect *

Table of Contents

Foreword / Sharon Venne-Manyfingers

Introduction

Part 1: Anthropology and Law

1 My Life in Anthropology and Law

2 Symbolic Violence, Trauma, and Human Rights

3 Thinning the Evidence, Discrediting the Expert Witness

4 Entering Evidence in an Adversarial System

5 Anthropologists versus Lawyers

Part 2: The Tribunal

6 The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

7 McCue v. University of British Columbia

8 Menzies v. Vancouver Police Department

Conclusion

Caselaw and Legal Materials; References; Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/2023
      ISBN13: 9780774867764, 978-0774867764
      ISBN10: 0774867760
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      Human rights, civil rights Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Witness to the Human Rights Tribunals offers a behind-the-scenes account of the difficulties facing Indigenous people in human rights tribunals, and the struggles of experts to keep their own testimony from being undermined.



      Trade Review

      engagingly practical instead of theoretical.

      -- G. Christensen, Stetson University College of Law * CHOICE Connect *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword / Sharon Venne-Manyfingers

      Introduction

      Part 1: Anthropology and Law

      1 My Life in Anthropology and Law

      2 Symbolic Violence, Trauma, and Human Rights

      3 Thinning the Evidence, Discrediting the Expert Witness

      4 Entering Evidence in an Adversarial System

      5 Anthropologists versus Lawyers

      Part 2: The Tribunal

      6 The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

      7 McCue v. University of British Columbia

      8 Menzies v. Vancouver Police Department

      Conclusion

      Caselaw and Legal Materials; References; Index

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