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• Title:Aboriginal law handbook / Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend ; Nancy Kleer [and others], contributors.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Townshend, Roger.
  Kleer, Nancy.
  Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : Carswell, ©2012.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE7709.2 .A263 2012
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--Canada--Popular works.
  Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--Canada--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--Canada--Popular works.
  
• Genre/Form: Popular works.
  Handbooks and manuals.
  
• Edition:4th ed.
  
• Description:xcix, 701 pages ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:"The practical 'hands-on' guide provides a unique resource to the law as it affects Aboriginal peoples and organizations, for both lawyers and non-lawyers. The guide also provides in-depth analysis of a number of legal and policy issues affecting Aboriginal peoples. The book features summaries and discussion about the current state of the law and policy, including: rights of Aboriginal peoples in Canada - the constitution framework; Aboriginal and treaty rights; the duty to consult and accommodate; hunting, fishing, and trapping rights; land and land claims; and Métis and Inuit rights; Aboriginal government issues - self government; international law and indigenous sovereignty; bands, band councils and reserves; Indian Act registration, band membership; and elections; Aboriginal community issues - community control of programs and services; and housing and construction; topics affecting Aboriginal families - marriage, separation and divorce; child welfare; wills and estates and the residential school settlement; various economic and related matters - protection, use and management of lands and resources; community corporations; commercial relations and reserves; individual and corporate taxation; trusts for Aboriginal communities; employment relations; and human rights and privacy; and justice issues - criminal procedure; Aboriginal justice initiatives; and injunctions and blockades"--Page 4 of cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780779851119 (pbk.)
  0779851110 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:The Constitutional framework
  Aboriginal and treaty rights
  Duty to consult and accommodate
  Hunting, fishing and trapping
  Land and "land claims"
  Métis
  Inuit
  Self-government
  International law and sovereignty
  Bands, band councils and reserves
  Indian Act registration, band membership and First Nation citizenship
  Elections and referenda
  Community control of programs and services
  Housing
  Construction contracts
  Marriage, separation, divorce
  Welfare of children
  Wills and estates
  Residential schools
  Protection, use and management of lands and resources
  Community corporations
  Commercial relations and reserves
  Taxation
  Trusts for aboriginal communities
  Employment relations
  Human rights and privacy
  Criminal process
  Aboriginal justice
  Getting legal advice
  Injunctions and blockades.