Contending Sovereignties

This chapter examines the manner in which questions of sovereignty have arisen in relation to the Indigenous dimensions of the Canadian Constitution. After a brief discussion of the foundation of Indigenous rights in the Canadian Constitution, it reviews the debate over whether Indigenous peoples possess an inherent right of self-government and the treatment of that demand in constitutional negotiations and before the courts. It explores the ways in which Indigenous ‘sovereignty’ has been discussed by the courts and, in one striking instance, by the BC legislature. And it examines the various meanings attached to ‘sovereignty’, determining which ones are in issue in Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations in Canada.

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• Indigenous Difference and the Constitution of Canada

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• Constitutional Odyssey

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• Distributing Sovereignty

  Patrick Macklem•Stanford Law Review•1993

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• Linking Arms Together

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• Relations of Force and Relations of Justice

  Open Access•Jeremy Webber•Osgoode Hall law journal•1995

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• A Genealogy of Law

  Open Access•John J Borrows•Osgoode Hall law journal•1992

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• First Principles, Second Thoughts

  Open Access•James S Frideres, James Frideres et al.•The Canadian Journal of Sociology•1989

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