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Aboriginal Law News & Analysis

  • 19/06/16
    Aboriginal Law Report

    By Bruce McIvor

    Happy Father's Day. This week's edition includes pipelines, fracking, fish farms, flooding, sacred sites, Treaty rights, UNDRIP, cannabis and more.
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  • 19/06/09
    Aboriginal Law Report

    By Bruce McIvor

    It's Indigenous History Month. This week's edition includes UNDRIP, fracking, an archeological find, statues, Freedom Road, the MMIWG final report, and more.
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  • 19/06/02
    Aboriginal Law Report

    By Bruce McIvor

    This week's edition includes UNDRIP, Treaty rights, self-governance, consultation, Arctic patrol ships, and more.
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  • 19/05/30
    Opportunity Missed: Case Comment on Bitumen Reference Decision

    By Kate Gunn

    The strength of the common law is that it evolves. The courts, especially appellate courts, hear submissions from a wide range of parties that reflect and are informed by the broader public debate over the role of law in society. The courts respond to and add to the debate incrementally, decision by decision. In this way, courts develop the law in a way that is consistent with changing societal values and priorities.
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  • 19/05/26
    Aboriginal Law Report

    By Bruce McIvor

    This week's edition includes Supreme Court rulings, pipelines, mining, consent, treaty negotiations, hockey and more. 
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