Abstract
Review of Law’s Indigenous Ethics (by John Borrows)
Highlights
“The truth about stories,” author Thomas King says, “is that that’s all we are.”[1]
By writing that terra nullius does not apply in Canada, but treating the lands at issue as if no Indigenous Peoples had care of their jurisdiction, the Court refused to acknowledge the relevancy of Indigenous law to Canadian legal issues
Borrows reflects that the legal principle of respect is significant in Canadian and Indigenous legal systems and Alexander | Book Review that it should guide the recognition of responsibilities for the harms of Canadian law generally
Summary
“The truth about stories,” author Thomas King says, “is that that’s all we are.”[1]. But what if this statement applied, for people (Indigenous or otherwise), but to Canadian law itself ? Law both arises out of, and is continuously shaped by, broader social narratives, and it is only possible to make intellectual and normative sense of any story when understood in its larger cultural context.[2]. “The truth about stories,” author Thomas King says, “is that that’s all we are.”[1] But what if this statement applied, for people (Indigenous or otherwise), but to Canadian law itself ?
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