Law's Indigenous Ethics

John Borrows

Published by University of Toronto Press 2019

Law's Indigenous Ethics

John Borrows

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487531140

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About this book

Law's Indigenous Ethics seeks to strengthen the relationship between Indigenous rights and legal traditions by exploring a set of crucial topics through the lens of the seven Anishinaabe grandmother and grandfather teachings: love, truth, bravery, humility, wisdom, honesty, and respect.

Author / Editor information

Borrows John :

John Borrows is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria Law School.

Reviews

Bethany Berger, Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, University of Connecticut:

"Law’s Indigenous Ethics is extremely novel, important, and has the potential for great influence. Demonstrating tremendous expertise and fluency with its subjects, John Borrows’s arguments are sound and thoughtful, providing a number of important insights that lead me to adjust the way I think about issues that are very familiar to me."

Deborah McGregor, Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice, York University:

"Law’s Indigenous Ethics addresses very controversial topics in Canada, not just in Indigenous legal studies, but far beyond that. John Borrows employs story work methodology, along with thorough legal research, ensuring that his work is truly leading edge. Law’s Indigenous Ethics will further advance Indigenous studies in Canada and beyond. Borrows’s work moves beyond the binary, divisive, and linear ideologies dominating the Indigenous intellectual landscape in Canada. He provides nuance, complicates dominate narratives, and gives the reader much food for thought and, more importantly, asks the reader to think, reflect, and embrace the principles embedded in the seven grandmother and grandfather teachings as a whole."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Miigwech: Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Nitam-Miigiwewin: Zaagi’idiwin (Gift One: Love). Love: Law and Land in Canada’s Indigenous Constitution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Chapter 2. Niizho-Miigiwewin: Debwewin (Gift Two: Truth). Truth: Origin Stories, Metaphysics, and Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 3. Niso-Miigiwewin: Zoongide’iwin (Gift Three: Bravery). Bravery: Challenging the Durability of Terra Nullius: Tsilhqot’in v British Columbia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter 4. Niiyo-Miigiwewin: Dabaadendizowin (Gift Four: Humility). Humility: Entanglement, Aboriginal Title, and “Private” Property Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Chapter 5. Naano-Miigiwewin: Nibwaakaawin (Gift Five: Wisdom). Wisdom: Outsider Education, Indigenous Law, and Land Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter 6. Ningodwaaso-Miigiwewin: Gwayakwaadiziwin (Gift Six: Honesty). Honesty: Legal Education and Heroes, Tricksters, Monsters, and Caretakers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Chapter 7. Niizhwaaso-Miigewewin: Manaaji’idiwin (Gift Seven: Respect). Respect: Residential Schools, Responsibilities for Past Harms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 392
Keywords: Indigenous law; constitutional law; Indigenous studies; legal theory; legal education; Indigenous agency; self-determination; legal pluralism; Anishinaabe

eBook

Published: April 24, 2019
ISBN: 9781487531140