Michael Mccrossan
Biographic Data
| ID | 644717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Mccrossan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccrossan |
| SIGNATURE | MCCROSSAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Advancing dishonourable relations: Legal reasoning, Indigenous rights, and strategic uses of reconciliation
This article examines the fluctuating character of legal and political uses of reconciliation, paying particular attention to the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) jurisprudence over the last five years concerning Aboriginal title and treaty rights. This article aims to provide a fuller conception of the sociocultural relations of power entrenched within the legal domain by engaging with the logics and representations of reconciliation found in the…
Eviscerating Historic Treaties: Judicial Reasoning, Settler Colonialism, and ‘Legal’ Exercises of Exclusion
This article examines the reasoning of Canadian Supreme Court justices in the area of Aboriginal treaty rights, paying particular attention to the Grassy Narrows (2014) decision. By not only engaging with the internal logics contained within treaty rights decisions, but also by further contextualizing the decisions and comparing them to the transcripts of their respective hearings, it provides an additional perspective on the socio‐cultural relat…
Eliminating Indigenous Jurisdictions: Federalism, the Supreme Court of Canada, and Territorial Rationalities of Power
This paper examines judicial reasoning in the area of Aboriginal title, paying particular attention to the Supreme Court of Canada'sTsilhqot'in Nation(2014) decision. While the decision has been heralded as a ‘game-changer’ within media circles and legal commentaries for its recognition of a claim to title under section 35(1) of theConstitution Act, 1982, the authors argue that the decision does not depart substantially from prior judicial logics…
Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the colonial politics of recognition by Glen Sean Coulthard
Contaminating and collapsing Indigenous space: Judicial narratives of Canadian territoriality
This paper examines the intricate connection between settler colonialism and judicial narratives of 'Canadian' territoriality, paying particular attention to the case of Delgamuukw v. British Columbia. The paper shows that the territorial commitments of judicial actors are often manifested through the representation of different spatial organizations. Where lower court narratives have often involved the judicial emptying and collapsing of space t…
The Road Not Taken: Aboriginal Rights after the Re-Imagining of the Canadian Constitutional Order
Eliminating Indigenous Jurisdictions: Federalism, the Supreme Court of Canada, and Territorial Rationalities of Power
This paper examines judicial reasoning in the area of Aboriginal title, paying particular attention to the Supreme Court of Canada'sTsilhqot'in Nation(2014) decision. While the decision has been heralded as a ‘game-changer’ within media circles and legal commentaries for its recognition of a claim to title under section 35(1) of theConstitution Act, 1982, the authors argue that the decision does not depart substantially from prior judicial logics…
Advancing dishonourable relations: Legal reasoning, Indigenous rights, and strategic uses of reconciliation
This article examines the fluctuating character of legal and political uses of reconciliation, paying particular attention to the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) jurisprudence over the last five years concerning Aboriginal title and treaty rights. This article aims to provide a fuller conception of the sociocultural relations of power entrenched within the legal domain by engaging with the logics and representations of reconciliation found in the…
Eviscerating Historic Treaties: Judicial Reasoning, Settler Colonialism, and ‘Legal’ Exercises of Exclusion
This article examines the reasoning of Canadian Supreme Court justices in the area of Aboriginal treaty rights, paying particular attention to the Grassy Narrows (2014) decision. By not only engaging with the internal logics contained within treaty rights decisions, but also by further contextualizing the decisions and comparing them to the transcripts of their respective hearings, it provides an additional perspective on the socio‐cultural relat…
The Road Not Taken: Aboriginal Rights after the Re-Imagining of the Canadian Constitutional Order
Contaminating and collapsing Indigenous space: Judicial narratives of Canadian territoriality
This paper examines the intricate connection between settler colonialism and judicial narratives of 'Canadian' territoriality, paying particular attention to the case of Delgamuukw v. British Columbia. The paper shows that the territorial commitments of judicial actors are often manifested through the representation of different spatial organizations. Where lower court narratives have often involved the judicial emptying and collapsing of space t…
Eliminating Indigenous Jurisdictions: Federalism, the Supreme Court of Canada, and Territorial Rationalities of Power
This paper examines judicial reasoning in the area of Aboriginal title, paying particular attention to the Supreme Court of Canada'sTsilhqot'in Nation(2014) decision. While the decision has been heralded as a ‘game-changer’ within media circles and legal commentaries for its recognition of a claim to title under section 35(1) of theConstitution Act, 1982, the authors argue that the decision does not depart substantially from prior judicial logics…
Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the colonial politics of recognition by Glen Sean Coulthard
Eviscerating Historic Treaties: Judicial Reasoning, Settler Colonialism, and ‘Legal’ Exercises of Exclusion
This article examines the reasoning of Canadian Supreme Court justices in the area of Aboriginal treaty rights, paying particular attention to the Grassy Narrows (2014) decision. By not only engaging with the internal logics contained within treaty rights decisions, but also by further contextualizing the decisions and comparing them to the transcripts of their respective hearings, it provides an additional perspective on the socio‐cultural relat…
Advancing dishonourable relations: Legal reasoning, Indigenous rights, and strategic uses of reconciliation
This article examines the fluctuating character of legal and political uses of reconciliation, paying particular attention to the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) jurisprudence over the last five years concerning Aboriginal title and treaty rights. This article aims to provide a fuller conception of the sociocultural relations of power entrenched within the legal domain by engaging with the logics and representations of reconciliation found in the…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Power (physics (3 works) · Supreme court (3 works)