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Tenth Anniversary Of The University Of Idaho's Native Law Program, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely
Tenth Anniversary Of The University Of Idaho's Native Law Program, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely
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Welcome From The Chair Of The Indian Law Section, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely
Welcome From The Chair Of The Indian Law Section, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely
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Religious Freedom In Canada: A Crucible For Constitutionalism, Benjamin Berger
Religious Freedom In Canada: A Crucible For Constitutionalism, Benjamin Berger
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This article examines three axes around which contemporary Canadian debates on freedom of religion are turning: the status and protection of group and collective religious interests; the emergence – and instability – of state neutrality as the governing ideal in the management of religious difference; and the treatment of Indigenous religion. Each is discussed as a key thematic and doctrinal development emerging from recent activity in the freedom of religion jurisprudence in Canada. Each is also an instance, the article suggests, of religion doing its particularly effective work of exposing the fundamental tensions and dynamics in Canadian constitutionalism more generally.
Indigenous Water Justice, Barbara Cosens
Indigenous Water Justice, Barbara Cosens
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Indigenous Peoples are struggling for water justice across the globe. These struggles stem from centuries-long, ongoing colonial legacies and hold profound significance for Indigenous Peoples’ socioeconomic development, cultural identity, and political autonomy and external relations within nation-states. Ultimately, Indigenous Peoples’ right to self- determination is implicated. Growing out of a symposium hosted by the University of Colorado Law School and the Native American Rights Fund in June 2016, this Article expounds the concept of “indigenous water justice” and advocates for its realization in three major trans- boundary river basins: the Colorado (U.S./Mexico), Columbia (Canada/U.S.), and Murray-Darling (Australia). The Article begins …