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dc.contributor.authorConn, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-19T20:25:00Z
dc.date.available2019-12-19T20:25:00Z
dc.date.issued1989-04
dc.identifier.citationConn, Stephen. (1989). "Legal Culture Blindness and Canadian Indian Law." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Albuquerque, Apr 1989.en_US
dc.identifier.otherJC 8912
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/10737
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the special problems that specialists in federal Indian law in the United States face when they attempt to understand the legal position of indigenous peoples in Canada, make comparisons and offer assistance and advice. Although the roots of Canadian Indian law in British Crown policy are similar to those of the United States, the evolution of United States and Canadian Indian law occurred in patterns which were as distinctly different as has been the evolution of each country. Although some comparisons can be made between the two patterns of legal development, especially in the realm of policy changes directed at indigenous populations, the core of each legal relationship is very different, especially as it relates to federalism, the constitutional process and role of the courts, and public land issues. Therefore, while models of Indian legal achievements in one country are often used to induce governmental change in the other, especially in Alaska among the United States and in Canada, generally, advocates and United States specialists must exercise extreme caution to avoid legal culture blindness based on a lack of appreciation of the very different historical development of each nation.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsAbstract / Preface / Roadblocks to Mutual Understanding / Baseline Similarities / History / Government / Aboriginal Title / Tribal Self-Government / Land Claims / Evaluation of Comparisons – Which Comparisons? / Footnotes / Bibliographyen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJustice Center, University of Alaska Anchorageen_US
dc.subjectAlaska Nativesen_US
dc.subjectbush justiceen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectCanadian First Nationsen_US
dc.subjectIndian lawen_US
dc.subjectrural justiceen_US
dc.titleLegal Culture Blindness and Canadian Indian Lawen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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