Did I break it? Recording indigenous (customary) law

In this paper, I explore several issues emerging in the discourse about the recording of indigenous law by drawing on several examples of my research and work with indigenous law in Canada. This is an important inquiry because there are limiting and disturbing fundamentalist premises underlying the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 2019, Vol.22 (1), p.1-35
1. Verfasser: Napoleon, Val
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, I explore several issues emerging in the discourse about the recording of indigenous law by drawing on several examples of my research and work with indigenous law in Canada. This is an important inquiry because there are limiting and disturbing fundamentalist premises underlying the debate regarding the recording of indigenous law. To take up these issues, I analyse and articulate the law and legal processes from two indigenous oral histories. The question under consideration is whether by this recording and analysis, I have somehow damaged Gitxsan law. In other words, did I break it?
ISSN:1727-3781
1727-3781
DOI:10.17159/1727-3781/2019/v22i0a7588