The Hidden Constitution: Aboriginal Rights in Canada
(1984) 32 American Journal of Comparative Law 361-91
32 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2010 Last revised: 13 Mar 2019
Date Written: 1984
Abstract
This article reviews the constitutional and historical grounds for Aboriginal and treaty rights in Canada and discusses the legal effects of entrenching these rights in the Constitution of Canada in 1982.
Keywords: Aboriginal rights, Indigenous rights, Constitution of Canada, History of Canada, Legal history, Indigenous sovereignty, Doctrine of discovery, History of international law,
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Slattery, Brian, The Hidden Constitution: Aboriginal Rights in Canada (1984). (1984) 32 American Journal of Comparative Law 361-91 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1572581
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