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dc.contributor.authorLeclair, Jean
dc.date.accessioned2008-01-31T20:22:02Z
dc.date.available2008-01-31T20:22:02Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1866/2138
dc.format.extent106623 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.publisherQueen Law Journalen
dc.subjectFédéralisme
dc.subjectFederalism
dc.subjectAboriginal rights
dc.subjectDroits ancestraux
dc.subjectIdentité
dc.subjectIdentity
dc.subjectConstitutionalism
dc.subjectTreaty federalism
dc.subjectOrganic constitution
dc.titleFederal Constitutionalism and Aboriginal Differenceen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Montréal. Faculté de droitfr
dcterms.abstractThe author outlines a new legal approach, which he labels federal constitutionalism, to the question of aboriginal difference in Canada. This approach has the potential to open up more fruitful avenues for the resolution of aboriginal law issues than either the “frozen rights” approach currently adopted by the Supreme Court of Canada or the treaty federalism approach, which posits that treaties should be used to resolve all differences between aboriginals and non-aboriginals. The author outlines the difficulties inherent in both the frozen rights and treaty federalism approaches. Federal constitutionalism, in contrast, draws its vitality from an organic understanding of Canada’s constitutional experience. It would allow aboriginal peoples to be seen as federal actors who have historically shaped the Canadian federation. Federal constitutionalism is a multi-faceted approach that would permit aboriginal questions to be addressed using the federal principle, thereby allowing the legal focus to move away from section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. Aboriginal peoples would be able to exercise the rights of sovereignty over their own internal affairs, while individual aboriginals could participate directly in federal and provincial governments without having to proceed through the intermediary of aboriginal representatives. Federal constitutionalism would allow aboriginal peoples a guaranteed sphere of autonomy, while permitting recognition of their historical interdependence with non-aboriginal peoples.en
dcterms.description[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Droit constitutionnel et Libertés publiques]fr
dcterms.description[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Droit des autochtones]fr
dcterms.languageengen
UdeM.VersionRioxxVersion acceptée / Accepted Manuscript
oaire.citationTitleQueen's law journal
oaire.citationVolume31
oaire.citationStartPage521
oaire.citationEndPage535


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