

An edition of Uncertain Accommodation (2016)
Aboriginal Identity and Group Rights in the Supreme Court of Canada
By Dimitrios Panagos
Publish Date
Sep 30, 2016
Publisher
UBC Press
Language
eng
Pages
168
Description:
"In 1982, Canada formally recognized Aboriginal rights within its Constitution. The move reflected a consensus that states should and could use group rights to protect and accommodate subnational groups within their borders. Decades later, however, no one is happy. This state of affairs, Panagos argues, is rooted in a failure to define what aboriginality means, which has led to the promotion and protection of a single vision of aboriginality--that of the justices of the Supreme Court. He concludes that there can be no justice so long as the state continues to safeguard a set of values and interests defined by non-Aboriginal people."--
subjects: Indigenous peoples, Human rights, canada, Indigenous peoples, canada, Civil rights, canada, Group rights, Native peoples, Legal status, laws, Civil rights, Ethnic identity, Autochtones, Droit, Droits, Identité ethnique, Gruppenrecht, Indigenes Volk, Canada. Supreme Court, Canada, Canada. Cour suprême, Kanada Supreme Court, Kanada, Droits collectifs, LAW, Constitutional, Public