Flawed Precedent - The St. Catherine's Case and Aboriginal Title (Hardcover)

In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in the St. Catherine's case. This precedent-setting decision would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred years. In Flawed Precedent, preeminent legal scholar Kent McNeil examines the trial and its context in detail, demonstrating how erroneous assumptions and prejudicial attitudes about Indigenous peoples and their land use influenced the case. He also discusses the effects the decision had on law and policy until the 1970s when its authority was finally questioned in Calder and in other key rulings. McNeil has written a compelling account of a landmark case that undermined Indigenous land rights for almost a century.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Landmark Cases in Canadian Law
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Kent McNeil
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Sewn
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-6105-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
LSN:	0-7748-6105-3
Barcode:	9780774861052

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