The Fundamental Principles of Indian Law
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Preface:
"The goal of this book is to serve as a practical handbook for lawyers, accountants and those who deal with First Nations governments or economies. Not only have I attempted to provide a snap-shot of the existing law, I have also attempted to show how to use the law in whatever development pursuits First Nations may aspire to, hence, the rich presence of precedents which provides a hands-on understanding of the law and how to use the law in a day-to-day sense. These precedents and provided from my files, the files of other practitioners and from published government documents. They are intended for their educational value and not to be used blindly by the uninstructed.
The binder format which allows for easy updating and the Indian Law Bulletins attempt to make the book a living document. I intend to provide undates and topical law bulletins on a quarterly basis.
The intent of the work is to provide as exhaustive an account as possible of all the core areas of Indian law. A second objective is to make all this information easily accessible to the many laymen who are interested in Indian law. Finally, the aim is to make the book as academically sound as possible while at the same time making it as practical as necessary. Although Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law (U.S.) was used as inspiration, much on the historical emphasis of that work was avoided in exchange for a vigorous conceptual approach and statement of those principles which could be extracted from Canadian Indian law. While the book is intended as a practice manual, there are some inchoate areas within the branch of Canadian Indian law. Where these gaps exist, various theoretical approaches and strategies are presented as viable routes to take in the resolution of many of the conflicts found in these areas.
Finally, I apologize for the use of "Indian law" as opposed to the "the law of First Nations", "Native law" or "indigenous law." The rationale for the use of "Indian law" came as a result of: the legal recognition, Canadian and American usage, and most importantly, what most people take the term to refer to."
"The goal of this book is to serve as a practical handbook for lawyers, accountants and those who deal with First Nations governments or economies. Not only have I attempted to provide a snap-shot of the existing law, I have also attempted to show how to use the law in whatever development pursuits First Nations may aspire to, hence, the rich presence of precedents which provides a hands-on understanding of the law and how to use the law in a day-to-day sense. These precedents and provided from my files, the files of other practitioners and from published government documents. They are intended for their educational value and not to be used blindly by the uninstructed.
The binder format which allows for easy updating and the Indian Law Bulletins attempt to make the book a living document. I intend to provide undates and topical law bulletins on a quarterly basis.
The intent of the work is to provide as exhaustive an account as possible of all the core areas of Indian law. A second objective is to make all this information easily accessible to the many laymen who are interested in Indian law. Finally, the aim is to make the book as academically sound as possible while at the same time making it as practical as necessary. Although Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law (U.S.) was used as inspiration, much on the historical emphasis of that work was avoided in exchange for a vigorous conceptual approach and statement of those principles which could be extracted from Canadian Indian law. While the book is intended as a practice manual, there are some inchoate areas within the branch of Canadian Indian law. Where these gaps exist, various theoretical approaches and strategies are presented as viable routes to take in the resolution of many of the conflicts found in these areas.
Finally, I apologize for the use of "Indian law" as opposed to the "the law of First Nations", "Native law" or "indigenous law." The rationale for the use of "Indian law" came as a result of: the legal recognition, Canadian and American usage, and most importantly, what most people take the term to refer to."
LIB.00338
First Nations Resource Council
1990
0-9694726-1-7
Print and published material
Law
English
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