Abstract:Indigenous law has a long and rich history in Canada, and it has played an important role in the formation of Canada's constitution. Unfortunately, the Canadian state has ignored and devalued it, treating it as less important than common law and civil law. In the context of Canadian legal education, law schools have, since the very beginning, been directed towards the study of common law and civil, at the exclusion of Indigenous law. This exclusion exists alongside other barriers for Indigenous law students, i… Show more
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