LAW395

Comparative Indigenous Rights

Surveys development of law relating to Indigenous peoples. Examines significance of Indigenous peoples' laws for development of settler society's Indian Law and Aboriginal Rights law; comparative analysis of constitutional, statutory and jurisprudential rules of non-Indigenous society. Provides context for understanding doctrines and theories governing relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous states, history of Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations, and limits of state authority in Indigenous territories.

Lecture: 3h

Lab: 0h

Tutorial: 0h

Credits: 1.5