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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814236703321

Autore

Flanagan Thomas <1944->

Titolo

Beyond the Indian Act : restoring Aboriginal property rights / / Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, Andre Le Dressay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-7735-8184-7

0-7735-8183-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Le DressayAndre <1964->

AlcantaraChristopher <1978->

Disciplina

346.7104/3208997

Soggetti

Indian title - Canada

Indians of North America - Land tenure - Canada

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Property rights in general -- The panorama of Indian property rights -- A failed experiment : the Dawes Act -- The legal framework of the Indian Act -- Customary land rights on Canadian Indian reserves -- Certificates of possession and leases : the Indian Act individual property regimes -- The First Nations Land Management Act -- Why markets fail on First Nations lands -- Escaping the Indian Act -- Back to the future: restoring First Nations property-rights systems.

Sommario/riassunto

Answers the question: Should Canada's First Nations have full ownership of reservation lands?