Category Archives: Indigenous
R v Hills and R v Hilbach and Section 12 of the Charter: The Twelfth Dimension of Sentencing
By: Lisa Silver Cases commented on: R v Hills, 2023 SCC 2 (CanLII); R v Hilbach, 2023 SCC 3 (CanLII) PDF Version: R v Hills and R v Hilbach and Section 12 of the Charter: The Twelfth Dimension of Sentencing … Continue reading
Climate Racism in Canada
By: Anna-Maria Hubert and the students of Law 627: International Environmental Law Matter commented on: U.N. Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), Views adopted by the Committee under article 5(4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 3624/2019 (22 September 2022) UN … Continue reading
Tikanga Maori: The Application of Maori Law and Custom in Aotearoa/New Zealand
By: Kent McNeil Matter Commented On: Ellis v The King, [2022] NZSC 114 (7 October 2022) PDF Version: Tikanga Maori: The Application of Maori Law and Custom in Aotearoa/New Zealand Editor’s Note: Please note that WordPress does not support the … Continue reading
Indigenous Jurisdiction and Bill C-92 at the Supreme Court of Canada
By: Kate Gunn Case Commented On: Reference to the Court of Appeal of Quebec in relation with the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, 2022 QCCA 185 (CanLII) (unofficial English translation) PDF Version: Indigenous Jurisdiction … Continue reading
Extending Paramountcy to Indigenous Child Welfare Laws Does Not Offend our Constitutional Architecture or Jordan’s Principle
By: Naiomi W. Metallic Case Commented On: Renvoi à la Cour d’appel du Québec relatif à la Loi concernant les enfants, les jeunes et les familles des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis, 2022 QCCA 185 (CanLII) (unofficial English translation) PDF Version: … Continue reading
