Michael Lee Ross

First Nations Sacred Sites in Canada's Courts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book demonstrates how and why courts have failed to fairly treat First Nations sacred sites, which are under increasing threat worldwide due to state appropriation and insatiable demands on natural resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 147mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780774811309
• ISBN-10: 0774811307
• Artikelnr.: 21230203

Autorenporträt

Michael Ross practicies law with Peter Grant and Associates in Vancouver. His focus is on the rights of indigenous peoples in Canadian and international human rights law.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: What First Nations Peoples Have at Stake
1 The Outlines of a General Theory of Sacred Sites
2 The Context in Which First Nations Carry Their Fight to the Courts
3 In Canada's Courts: The Meares Strategy
4 In Canada's Courts: The Haida Strategy
5 How First Nations Sacred Sites Have Fared in Canada's Courts
6 Tima Kwetsi- Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index