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"Explores fundamental questions ... "The Pleasure of the Crown" is a book that everyone interested in 'justice for all' will want to read."
-- "Vancouver Sun"
"Explores fundamental questions ... The Pleasure of the Crown is a book that everyone interested in 'justice for all' will want to read."
-- Vancouver Sun
"Explores fundamental questions ... The Pleasure of the Crown is a book that everyone interested in 'justice for all' will want to read."
-- Vancouver Sun
Anthropologists have traditionally studied Europe’s ?others” and the marginalized and excluded within Europe’s and North America’s boundaries. This book turns the anthropologist’s spyglass in the opposite direction: on the law, the institution that quintessentially embodies and reproduces Western power.
The Pleasure of the Crown offers a comprehensive look at how Canadian, particularly British Columbian, society ?reveals itself” through its courtroom performances in Aboriginal title litigation. Rather than asking what cultural beliefs and practices First Nations draw on to support their appeals for legal recognition of Aboriginal title, Culhane asks what assumptions, beliefs, and cultural values the Crown relies on to assert and defend their claims to hold legitimate sovereignty and jurisdiction over lands and resources in B.C. What empirical evidence does the Crown present to bolster its arguments? What can thus be learned by anthropologists and the public at large about the historical and contemporary culture of the powerful?
Focusing in particular on the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en case, the book traces the trial of Delgamuukw. v. Regina from its first hearing during 1987 and 1991 to its successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, which issued a landmark ruling on the case on December 11, 1997.
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Librería: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. The Pleasure of the Crown: Anthropology, Law and First Nations, Culhane, Dara; Culhane Speck, Dara, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Talonbooks Ltd, 1997, 497p, trade pb, bumped/scuffed covers, clean/tanning text, tight binding--9.00. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABE-1001242089
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Librería: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Nº de ref. del artículo: 00024044029
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Librería: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. A NICE edition, USEFUL! A few red scuff marks to the page edge. The pages are all clean. Light scuff to the paperback cover and the page edge, this book is in PRESENTABLE condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: TPBkNov27VI103
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Librería: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. This copy has no creasing of the spine or covers. Interior text is clean and tight in binding. No ownership or other markings. A very good copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 604325
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Librería: Goodwill of Silicon Valley, SAN JOSE, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: good. Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can included some highlighting and writing, page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear. Nº de ref. del artículo: GWSVV.0889223157.G
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Librería: Bingo Used Books, Vancouver, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Fine. trade paperback in near fine condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: 85023
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Librería: Post Horizon Booksellers, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good +. 406pp w bibliography. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean showing slight shelf wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. Nº de ref. del artículo: 047065
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Librería: Aragon Books Canada, OTTAWA, ON, Canada
Paperback. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: XF3--0184
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