Aboriginal Law Conference-2009
Product Type:
Course Materials - Print
ISBN:
978-1-55258-638-9
Pages:
92
Price:
$120.00
This book is essential for: all Aboriginal law lawyers in private practice and government; others whose focus is on Aboriginal law issues will also benefit, including First Nations leaders, employees of First Nations or First Nations organizations, in–house counsel, and law students.
Current to: June 2009
These are your annual Aboriginal Law Conference course materials. This year First Nations, government, and industry representatives, as well as leading counsel in the field of Aboriginal law, bring you the latest on a range of important topics. The focus is on the legal and pragmatic implications of the latest developments in Aboriginal law, and the effects on First Nations, provincial and federal governments, and industry. The book addresses issues relating to forestry, fisheries, permit approvals, statutory tribunals and the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate, land tenure, international human rights remedies, and the recognition legislation initiative. Stay current in your practice with this comprehensive annual update.
CONTENTS
- forest sector consultation and accommodation—forestry and the interface with First Nations interests: the challenges in forestry and management of First Nations’ interests; beyond Haida Nation: reconciliation and recognition within Hupacasath and Gitanyow Territory—the Ke-Kin-Is-Uqs and Wii’litswx decisions
- international challenge of the BC treaty process: decisions of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, exhaustion of domestic remedies
- rights and title cases—recent developments: brief synopsis of Tsilhqot’in Nation, Lax Kw’alaams, and Ahousaht, practice points; Aboriginal title and proof of occupation after Marshall; Bernard, the leading cases, general principles of aboriginal title, shaping the legacy of Marshall; Bernard, Aboriginal title to the seabed
- statutory tribunals and the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate—implications of the BC Court of Appeal’s decisions in Carrier Sekani and Kwikwetlem: the context of the decisions, the Court of Appeal’s reasons, implications of the decisions, practices of other tribunals