Indigenous Peoples & International Law
Criminology 429/ Indigenous Studies 429
Spring 2025
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Date |
Topic/Readings to Prepare |
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7
January |
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Origins and Principles of
Natural Law |
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14
January |
Reading
Guide
for this week’s readings * Two key Papal Bulls: Romanus Pontifex (1455) and the
Inter Caetera (1493) * The Spanish Requerimiento (1513) * Edward John: Study on the Impacts
of the Doctrine of Discovery (2014) |
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21
January |
Reading
Guide
for this week’s readings * Francisco de Vitoria: On the Indians Lately Discovered (1532). [de Vitoria's De
Indis et De Ivre Belli Relectiones] * Emmerich de Vattel: The
Law of Nations, or the Principles of Natural Law (1758) * Book 1, Chapter 01: Of
Nations or Sovereign States * Book 1, Chapter 07: Of
the Cultivation of the Soil * Book 1, Chapter 16: Of
the Protection Sought by a Nation, and its Voluntary Submission to a Foreign
Power * Book 1, Chapter 18: Of
the Establishment of a Nation in a Country |
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28
January |
Reading
Guide
for this week’s readings * The
Royal Proclamation (1763) * John Borrows: Wampum
at Niagara: The Royal Proclamation, Canadian Legal History, and
Self-Government (1997) * The Marshall Decisions: * Johnson v M'Intosh (1823) |
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The Transition to Positivist
Law |
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04
February |
* The Marshall Decisions continued: * Cherokee
Nation v State
of Georgia (1831) * Worcester v Georgia (1832) |
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11
February |
* Island
of Palmas (United States v Netherlands) (1928) * International
Institutions of the day (League of Nations): * The Redman’s Appeal to
Justice (1923) |
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18
February |
* No class: Reading break |
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The Transition to Rights-Based
Law |
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25
February |
* Early De-Colonization
Initiatives * ILO Convention #107 (1957) * ILO Convention #169 (1989) * UN Resolutions 1514 and 1541 * Schabus (2018). Going International to
Decolonize * The UN and the
Contemporary Rights era * United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
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04
March |
* Erica-Irene Daes (2008): Indigenous
self-determination and the United Nations * Sharon Venne (2011): The Road to the
UN and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples * Brett Forester (2024): Canada Led Efforts to
Weaken Original UN Indigenous Rights Declaration * Government of Canada: Bill
C-15 * UN Special Rapporteur José
Francisco Calí Tzay Visits Canada * Mid-Term take home
assignment will be handed out on this day |
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11
March |
* Presentations |
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18
March |
* Presentations |
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25
March |
* Presentation |
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01
April |
* Presentations |
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08
April |
* Presentations |
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15
April |
* Final term papers due
by 11:59:59 PM. Please follow these instructions when submitting. |
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