The Nature of Aboriginal Title

Authors

Brian Slattery, Osgoode Hall Law School of York UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2000

Source Publication

Owen Lippert (ed.) Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court’s Delgamuukw Decision (Vancouver, BC: Fraser Institute, 2000).

Keywords

Aboriginal Rights; Indigenous Rights; Aboriginal Title; Aboriginal Land Rights; Indigenous Title; Indigenous Land Rights; Indian Law; Indian Title

Abstract

The concept of Aboriginal title is an autonomous concept of Canadian common law that bridges the gulf between Indigenous land systems and imported European land systems. It does not stem from Indigenous customary law, English common law or French civil law. It coordinates the interaction between these systems without forming part of them. In effect, it is a form of inter-societal common law.

Repository Citation

Slattery, Brian. "The Nature of Aboriginal Title." Lippert, Owen, ed. Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court’s Delgamuukw Decision. Vancouver, BC: Fraser Institute, 2000. p. 11-33. ISBN: 0889752060