Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Dr. John Borrows is a Professor and Robina Chair in Law and Society at the University of Minnesota Law School and Professor and Law Foundation Chair of Aboriginal Law and Justice at the University of Victoria Law School. Talk focuses on the role of choice and agency in the interpretation and application of Indigenous law in a community context. Using ancient Ojibway stories and contemporary texts, this talk will explore the contemporary cultural expression of Anishinabek legal principles and their relevance for and relationship to other legal systems in North America
Select Articles Available at UBC Library
Borrows, J. (2010). Canada’s indigenous constitution. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Borrows, J., & Rotman, L. I. (2003). Aboriginal legal issues: Cases, materials & commentary. Toronto: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Borrows, J., Canadian Public Policy Collection, & Canadian Electronic Library (Firm). (2008). Seven generations, seven teachings ending the Indian act. National Centre for First Nations Governance. [Link]
Borrows, J. (2002). Recovering Canada: The resurgence of indigenous law. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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