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    Freedom and indigenous constitutionalism / John Borrows.

    • Title:Freedom and indigenous constitutionalism / John Borrows.
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    • Author/Creator:Borrows, John, 1963- author.
    • Published/Created:Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--Canada.
      Indigenous peoples--Canada--Politics and government.
      Indigenous peoples--Civil rights--Canada.
      Ojibwa law.
    • Description:x, 371 pages ; 24 cm
    • ISBN:9781442630932 (cloth)
      1442630930 (cloth)
      9781442629233 (paper)
      1442629231 (paper)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Physical Philosophy: Mobility and Indigenous Freedom
      A. Methodologies of Mobility: Physical Philosophy
      B. Models of Mobility
      C. Manipulating Mobility: Settled and Unsettled Law
      i). `Damned if We Move': The Too Unsettled Thesis
      ii). `... and Damned if We Don't': The Too Settled Thesis
      D. Recognizing and Affirming Indigenous Physical Mobility
      E. Recognizing and Affirming Indigenous Conceptual Mobility
      i). Indigenous Governments and Personal Relationships
      ii). Indigenous Governments and Institutional Relationships
      F. Conclusion
      2. Civil (Dis)Obedience, Freedom, and Democracy
      A. Moving Beyond Abstractions: Remembering Grounded Histories
      B. Group One: Best Practices (so far) in Indigenous Civil (Dis)obedience
      i). Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
      ii). James Bay
      iii). Chippewas of the Nawash
      iv). Clayoquot Sound
      C. Group Two: Helping Others, Failing at Home
      i). Oka/Kanesatake, Quebec
      ii). Burnt Church
      D. Group Three: Diminishing Democracy and Eroding Freedom, Generally and Specifically
      i). Anicinabe Park
      ii). Algonquins of Barriere Lake
      iii). Temagami Anishinaabe
      E. Conclusion
      3. Indigenous Freedom and Canadian Constitutionalism
      A. Constitutional Complexities
      B. Constitutional Suspicions
      C. Constitutional Discussions
      D. Constitutional Amendment: Strategies and Debates
      E. Constitutional Entrenchment
      F. Constitutional Conferences and Accords
      G. Conclusion
      4. (Ab)Originalism and Canada's Constitution
      A. (Ab)Originalism and Living Trees: Analysing Modes of Interpretation
      B. (Ab)Originalism and the Canons of Construction
      i). Treaties, Originalism, and the Canons of Construction
      ii). Aboriginal Rights, Originalism, and the Canons of Construction
      C. (Ab)Originalism as Adverse Discrimination
      D. Three Alternatives to (Ab)Originalism
      E. Indigenous Legal Traditions, Living Trees, and Originalism
      F. Conclusion
      5. Legislation and Indigenous Self-Determination in Canada and the United States
      A. Indigenous Control of Federal Services
      B. Protection of Indigenous Cultures and Communities
      C. Indigenous Control in Relation to Economic Development, Environment, and Natural Resources
      D. Conclusion
      6. Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Violence against Women
      A. Problem and/or the Answer: Indigenous Self-Determination and Violence against Women
      B. Indigenous Governments: Can They Be Trusted?
      C. Section 35(1) and Violence against Women
      i). Aboriginal Rights: Violence against Women and the `Integral to the Distinctive Culture' Test
      ii). Violence against Women and Treaties
      D. Conclusion.
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