{"product_id":"flawed-precedent","title":"Flawed Precedent","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in \u003cem\u003eSt. Catherine’s Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen,\u003c\/em\u003e a case involving the Saulteaux people’s land rights in Ontario. This precedent-setting case would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred years, despite the racist assumptions about Indigenous peoples at the heart of the case. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFlawed Precedent,\u003c\/em\u003e preeminent legal scholar Kent McNeil provides a compelling account of this contentious case. He begins by delving into the historical and ideological context of the 1880s. He then examines the trial in detail, demonstrating how prejudicial attitudes towards Indigenous peoples influenced the decision. He further discusses the effects that \u003cem\u003eSt. Catherine’s\u003c\/em\u003e had on law and policy until the 1970s when its authority was finally questioned in \u003cem\u003eCalder, \u003c\/em\u003ethen in \u003cem\u003eDelgamuukw, Marshall\/Bernard, Tsilhqot’in,\u003c\/em\u003e and other key rulings. He also provides an informative analysis of the current judicial understanding of Aboriginal title in Canada, now driven by evidence of Indigenous law and land use rather than by the discarded prejudicial assumptions of a bygone era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent McNeil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615219966332,"sku":"9780774861052","price":69.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780774861052_3e652ce3-be3b-47f6-b3fe-ec955e60c53a.jpg?v=1727871925","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/flawed-precedent","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}