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Title: Colonialism and the Suppression of Aboriginal Voice (Canada)
Author : Ottawa Law Review
Release Date : January 22, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 362 KB

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This article examines the silencing of Aboriginal people in Canadian legal discourse. The continued colonization of Aboriginal people is represented in legal decisions which display how Aboriginal laws, evidence, and reasoning are barred from the judicial process. By relying on early precedent the Supreme Court of Canada sanctions the non-participation of Aboriginal people in resolving rights disputes. Moving beyond a historical analysis, legal thought and legal language create barriers which prevent courts from receiving Aboriginal evidence and laws. Contradictions inherent in the study of colonialism also reveal themselves in Canadian law. Even when the Supreme Court attempts to incorporate Aboriginal voice it fails. The potential for progress that was shown in the Calder decision has since been nullified and Aboriginal people continue to face barriers when confronting Canadian law. The author asserts that the continued application of legal power is representative of the ongoing colonization of Aboriginal people. This article is relevant to the Canadian legal community because it addresses serious and persistent underlying issues in the legal treatment of Aboriginal/Crown disputes. Le present article examine comment le peuple autochtone est reduit au silence dans le discours juridique canadien. Il ressort des decisions judiciaires, oU sont exclus de la procedure les lois, la preuve et le raisonnement autochtones, que la colonisation de ce peuple se poursuit. Se fondant sur de vieux precedents, la Cour supreme du Canada sanctionne la non-participation du peuple autochtone au reglement des differends au sujet de ses droits. En sortant du cadre de l'analyse historique, la pensee et le langage du droit creent des obstacles qui empechent les tribunaux d'admettre la preuve et les lois autochtones. Les contradictions inherentes que revele l'etude du colonialisme sont aussi presentes en droit canadien. La Cour supreme echoue meme en cherchant a integrer le discours autochtone. L'espoir de progres cree par la decision rendue dans l'affaire Calder s'est maintenant evanoui; le peuple autochtone se heurte toujours a des obstacles en droit canadien. L'auteur soutient que l'application constante du pouvoir legal est un signe que la colonisation du peuple autochtone perdure. L'article est d'interet pour la communaute juridique canadienne parce qu'il aborde des enjeux sous-jacents persistants importants dans le reglement des differends opposant les Autochtones et le ministere public.