White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence

by Sidney L. Harring

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In the nineteenth century many Canadians took pride in their country's policy of liberal treatment of Indians. In this thorough reinvestigation of Canadian legal history, Sidney L. Harring sets the record straight, showing how Canada has consistently denied Aboriginal peoples even the most basic civil rights. Drawing on scores of nineteenth-century legal cases, Harring reveals that colonial and early Canadian judges were largely ignorant of British...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0802005039

ISBN13:9780802005038

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:488 Pages

Weight:1.92 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Administrative Law Americas Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Constitutional Law First Nations History Jurisprudence Law Legal History

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