LAWS 3504
Law and Indigenous Peoples
The relationship between settler colonialist law and Indigenous people in Canada, including the legal, constitutional and legislative framework shaping the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous people, Indigenous rights and claims, Indigenous identities, treaties and self-determination, among others.
Topics
- legal
- Indigenous rights and claims
- Indigenous identities
- treaties and self-determination
Course catalogue
2024
Readings
- Borrows, J., & Rotman, L. I. (2022). Aboriginal legal issues: Cases, materials & commentary (6th ed.). Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis. 9780433525424.
- Recommended only: Grammond, S. (2013). Terms of coexistence: Indigenous peoples and Canadian law.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 credit in LAWS at the 2000 level. Lectures three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Law and Aboriginal Peoples ↗2024