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Sweating It Out: Facilitating Corrections And Parole In Canada Through Aboriginal Spiritual Healing, David Milward
Sweating It Out: Facilitating Corrections And Parole In Canada Through Aboriginal Spiritual Healing, David Milward
Dr. David Milward
Aboriginal peoples continue to be subjected to drastic over-incarceration. Much of the existing literature explores contemporary adaptations of Aboriginal justice traditions that resemble restorative justice as a solution. There is by comparison a lack of literature that considers searching for solutions during the correctional phase of the justice system, after Aboriginal persons have already been convicted and imprisoned. The objective of this paper is to explore a number of reforms in order to better facilitate rehabilitation, reintegration, and parole for Aboriginal inmates. One is to invest greater resources into culturally sensitive programming that emphasizes spiritual healing for Aboriginal inmates. This …
"A Perfection Of Means, And Confusion Of Aims": Finding The Essence Of Autonomy In Assisted Death Laws, Mary Shariff
"A Perfection Of Means, And Confusion Of Aims": Finding The Essence Of Autonomy In Assisted Death Laws, Mary Shariff
Mary J. Shariff
This article explores whether the principles of autonomy and self-determination are indeed at the root of the assisted death laws currently in place in a number of jurisdictions. It is written to appeal to a very broad audience and to those who wish to become better informed about the legal aspects of the assisted death debate. The article first provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the assisted death laws in the jurisdictions that have promulgated express legislation to regulate assisted death – The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Oregon and Washington and also includes an examination of Switzerland, which does not …
Gladue: Beyond Myth And Towards Implementation In Manitoba, David Milward Dr., Debra Parkes Ms.
Gladue: Beyond Myth And Towards Implementation In Manitoba, David Milward Dr., Debra Parkes Ms.
Dr. David Milward
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Doubting What The Elders Have To Say, David Milward
Doubting What The Elders Have To Say, David Milward
Dr. David Milward
The Supreme Court of Canada has articulated several legal principles that mandate the flexible and generous treatment of Aboriginal oral history evidence in support of Aboriginal rights claims. Lower courts, however, continue to devalue such evidence, often displaying explicit disregard for the legal principles, in order to defeat rights claims and subordinate Aboriginal interests to state sovereignty. This has no rational basis, since it is now clearly established that documentary historical evidence does not have any innate superiority over oral history evidence when it comes to ascertaining what happened in the past. This article proposes several solutions. These include educating …
Making The Circle Stronger: An Effort To Buttress Aboriginal Use Of Restorative Justice In Canada Against Recent Criticisms, David Milward
Making The Circle Stronger: An Effort To Buttress Aboriginal Use Of Restorative Justice In Canada Against Recent Criticisms, David Milward
Dr. David Milward
The reliance of the Canadian criminal justice system on adversarial procedures and incarceration is not very effective or productive when dealing with Aboriginal crime. Restorative justice is often presented as a more constructive way of dealing with Aboriginal crime, and as a solution to Aboriginal over-incarceration. There have however been recent criticisms made against restorative justice that call into question its effectiveness as a medium of social control. These criticisms have the potential to enter policy discourses on justice and frustrate Aboriginal aspirations regarding the use of restorative justice. Restorative justice, notwithstanding the criticisms, still has the potential to provide …
Not Just The Peace Pipe But Also The Lance: Exploring Different Possibilities For Indigenous Control Over Criminal Justice, David Milward
Not Just The Peace Pipe But Also The Lance: Exploring Different Possibilities For Indigenous Control Over Criminal Justice, David Milward
Dr. David Milward
This article will exploring whether contrasts between restorative and punitive models of criminal justice inform an ideological struggle between Western and Indigenous approaches of criminal justice as Indigenous communities strive for greater control over criminal justice. The answer to this question will be examined in light of considerations for Indigenous control over justice. One concern by Western states is that Indigenous justice must strike the proper balance beteen community safety and offender healing. This paper contends that for self-determination to be effective, Indigenous leaders must include and consider the community at large when making decisions over criminal justice.
Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Lands: Making Room For The Application Of Indigenous Peoples’ Laws Within The Canadian Legal System, Brenda L. Gunn
Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Lands: Making Room For The Application Of Indigenous Peoples’ Laws Within The Canadian Legal System, Brenda L. Gunn
Brenda L. Gunn
This article uses James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson’s process to achieving a postcolonial legal consciousness as a methodology to gain greater recognition of Indigenous laws, which I argue will lead to better protection of Indigenous peoples’ lands, territories and resources. First, I show how the liberal basis of the Canadian legal rights paradigm, as currently applied, does not reflect Indigenous peoples’ own understandings of their rights and interests, and results in racist precedents that confine the power and authority of Indigenous peoples over their lands. Referring to other Indigenous scholars, I then discuss Indigenous peoples’ connections with their lands, some of …
Impacts Of The North American Free Trade Agreement On Indigenous Peoples And Their Interests, Brenda L. Gunn
Impacts Of The North American Free Trade Agreement On Indigenous Peoples And Their Interests, Brenda L. Gunn
Brenda L. Gunn
This article argues that while trade liberalization has the potential to have positive economic effects upon Indigenous peoples, NAFTA does not adequately take into account and protect Indigenous peoples concerns and interests. While the purpose of international trade regulation is to remove trade barriers and ensure a level playing field, current trade regimes do impact Indigenous peoples' rights and interests. Therefore the interaction of international trade and Indigenous peoples' rights merits consideration. The article begins with a brief introduction to NAFTA and describes some of the provisions contained therein. Next, the article looks at the threes governments’ views about NAFTA …