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Aboriginal Rights in Transition: Reassessing Aboriginal Title and Governance
American Review of Canadian Studies. Volume 31, Numbers 1-2 (2001), p. 317-329.
  • Kent McNeil, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Keywords
  • Aboriginal,
  • Court,
  • decision,
  • governance,
  • land,
  • law,
  • rights,
  • title
Abstract

In a series of important decisions, the Court has come to grips with a number of issues that it did its best to avoid in the past, involving the identification and definition of Aboriginal rights, the content of Aboriginal title to land and the requirements for proving it, and the relevance of the law of New France to Aboriginal rights today. This paper will focus on these recent developments in the law, as well as attempting to identify areas where the law of Aboriginal rights is incomplete and so requires further judicial elucidation.

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Citation Information
McNeil, Kent. "Aboriginal Rights in Transition: Reassessing Aboriginal Title and Governance." American Review of Canadian Studies 31.1/2 (2001): 317-329.