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Indigenous justice : true cases by judges, lawyers, & law enforcement / Lorene Shyba PhD, Raymond Yakeleya, eds. ; foreword by Chief Justice Shannon Smallwood, Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hon. Thomas R. Berger
- Series:
- True cases ; bk. 10.
- The Durvile True Cases series ; book 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indigenous peoples--Crimes against--Canada.
- Criminal defense lawyers--Canada.
- Criminal defense lawyers.
- Judges--Canada.
- Judges.
- Trials--Canada.
- Trials.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Essays
- Case studies
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada : Durville Publications Ltd., Durvile imprint of Durvile and Uproute Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- In the spirit of truth and reconciliation, judges, lawyers, and law enforcement officers write about working with First Nations, Mâetis, and Inuit Peoples through their trials and tribulations with the criminal justice system. The stories are a mix of previously published essays from the True Cases anthologies with an equal number of new chapters by legal and law enforcement professionals including Justice Thomas Berger (posthumous), Justice Nancy Morrison, Justice John Reilly, Senator Kim Pate, lawyers Eleanore Sunchild, Brian Beresh, and John L. Hill, and parole and police officers Doug Heckbert, Ernie Louttit, Val Hoglund, and Sharon Bourque.
- Contents:
- PART I The Judges and Senator. 1. The Hon. Justice Thomas R. Berger /The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry
- 2. The Hon. Nancy Morrison / Three Stories
- 3. The Hon. John Reilly / Baret Labelle and Restorative Justice
- 4. The Hon. John Z. Vertes / The Case of Henry Innuksuk
- 5. The Hon. Kim Pate / The Story of S: A Study in Discrimination and Inequality
- PART II Lawyers. 6. Eleanore Sunchild KC / Treaty Lessons: The Killing of Colten Boushie
- 7. Jonathan Rudin / The Death of Reggie Bushie and the Eight-Year Inquest
- 8. Catherine Dunn / Silent Partner
- 9. Joseph Saulnier / Justice in Hazelton: One Family, Two Murder Trials, a Hundred Years Apart
- 10. Brian Beresh KC / A Life's Journey for Indigenous Justice
- 11. Jennifer Briscoe / Fly-in Justice in the North
- 12. John L. Hill / Carved in Stone: The Mistreatment of Inuit Offenders
- PART III Law Enforcement and Parole Officer. 13. Ernie Louttit / There is No Law Against It Constable
- 14. Sharon Bourque / A Full-Circle Experience
- 15. Constable Val Hoglund / The Unwitting Criminal
- 16. Doug Heckbert / I Know Who Killed My Brother
- 17. Doug Heckbert and Jennifer Bryce / Getting FPS# Off Our Backs
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781990735288
- 1-990735-28-2
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