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International context of Crown-Aboriginal treaties / Russel Lawrence Barsh, James Youngblood Henderson.: Z1-1991/1-41-137E-PDF

“This report begins with an examination of the European scholarly debates on the legal capacity and rights of non-Christian and tribal peoples, which took place during the century following the "discovery" of the Americas. It proceeds to a survey of diplomatic practices from the 16th to 19th centuries, tracing the use of treaties in demarcating the boundaries of Europe's emerging secular nation-states, and in the subsequent expansion of European commercial interests to Asia, Africa and the Americas. This is followed by a critical review of changes in Europeans' interpretation of their treaties with indigenous or tribal peoples, and a comparison of contemporary Anglo-Canadian law with the most recent decisions of United Nations bodies"--Executive summary, p. [5].

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Privy Council Office.
  • Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
TitleInternational context of Crown-Aboriginal treaties / Russel Lawrence Barsh, James Youngblood Henderson.
Variant title
  • Final report : international context of Crown-Aboriginal treaties in Canada
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Historical publication digitized by the Privy Council Office of Canada.
  • "Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, contract # 2632-2b27."
  • "May 12 1995."
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • pt. 1. Origins of the jurispathic law of colonization -- pt. 2. The rise of the law of nations -- pt. 3. Constructing an international treaty order -- pt. 4. The unfolded of the treaty order in the Americas -- pt. 5. Europe's colonial order as international law -- pt. 6. Post-colonial international law -- pt. 7. Conclusions.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, [1995]
Author / Contributor
  • Barsh, Russel Lawrence.
  • Henderson, James Youngblood.
Description[298] p. (un-numbered pages)
Catalogue number
  • Z1-1991/1-41-137E-PDF
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