INCOMMENSURABLE LEGAL CULTURES: INDIGENOUS LEGAL TRADITIONS AND THE COLONIAL NARRATIVE
In this paper, the author argues that the non-Indigenous legal system has historically exerted and continues to exert violence on Indigenous legal traditions by insisting that its interpretation of law is authoritative and excluding alternative interpretations. Relying on Robert Cover’s theories, s...
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Language: | English |
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University of Windsor
2012-10-01
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Series: | Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice |
Online Access: | https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4373 |
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