"Time Immemorial" and Indigenous Rights
A Genealogy and Three Case Studies (Calder, Van der Peet, Tsilhqot'in) from British Columbia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4301487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorraine Weir (0000-0002-7140-4526) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-411 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/johs.12028 |
| OpenAlex | W2105316043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
Time immemorial" has operated as a legal fiction in the discourse of colonization, performing a genealogical function in the construction of "antiquity" and "legal memory" in English law, and repurposed in Indigenous rights cases in Canada. Beginning with a genealogical outline, this paper analyzes "time immemorial" in relation to Settler and Indigenous discourses of time, memory and the land in Calder, Van der Peet, and Tsilhqot'in
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