The Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, will once again be offering a Summer Session of fully accredited LL.B. degree courses in Summer 2009 (May 6 to August 17). In addition to course offerings in subjects such as Evidence, Business Associations, and Civil Procedure, we are particularly delighted to announce that the 2009 Summer Session will feature a special concentration in Indigenous Law – a program that consists of three innovative courses taught on an intensive basis over 6 weeks (June 29 to August 17) and focusing on the relationship between Canadian law and the legal systems of three Indigenous Nations.
Professors for the Indigenous Law courses include:
Dr. John Borrows, F.R.S.C., Law Foundation Professor in Aboriginal Justice, UVic Law (Ojibway)
Dr. Gordon Christie, Professor, UBC Law (Inuit)
Professor Val Napoleon, Professor of Law and Native Studies, University of Alberta (Cree & Dunne’zaa)
The Indigenous Law Courses to be offered (June 29 to August 17) are:
Law 340 Indigenous Lands, Rights and Governments (1.5 units)
Law 343 A03 The Management of Interpersonal Relations in the Legal Orders of Indigenous Peoples (1.5 units)
Indigenous Elders and practitioners will also be involved in the course delivery, and there will be a special conference in Indigenous Legal Traditions during the Program on July 16-17.
These courses will provide an unparalleled insight into the relationship between Canadian law and Indigenous legal traditions that will break new ground in the field. Experience developed in the Program will be used to develop further courses and programs on Indigenous peoples’ laws within Canadian law schools.
Law students from other Canadian law schools, lawyers, and graduate students from other disciplines studying Indigenous issues are encouraged to apply and participate in this exciting Indigenous Program.
For further information please contact:
UVic Law’s Admissions Office:
Faculty of Law
University of Victoria
PO Box 2400 STN CSC,
Victoria, BC V8W 3H7
Phone: (250) 721-8151
Fax: (250) 721-6390
Email: lawadmss@uvic.ca<mailto:lawadmss@uvic.ca>
On Friday, January 23, at 12:30 PM, Christian McMillen, Department of History, University of Virginia, will present two papers: “The Historians’ Brief in Carcieri v Kempthorne,” an Indian law case from the Supreme Court’s current term, and “Proof, Evidence and History in Indigenous Land Claims,” a paper blending history with the law in the early years of Indian claims. McMillen is the author of Making Indian Law: The Hualapai Land Case and the Birth of Ethnohistory (Yale University Press, 2007), which has recently won book prizes from the American Society for Legal History and the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation.
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