Indigenous Law

Indigenous law is a complex area that encompasses issues concerning First Nations, Metis and Inuit people and their relationship with governments, rights to land, rights to tradition and rights to self-government. In this guide, you will find resources available in our library, as well as links to external resources that are key to understanding this area of law. 

Case Law

For more information on finding case see our research guide: Finding and Researching Cases.

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E-Resources

Digests

The Canadian Abridgment available on: Westlaw Canada

All Canadian Summaries, Canadian Case Summaries and Canada Digest are available on: Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®

Alberta Court Judgments

A collection of judgments of the Alberta Courts is available from CanLII. The scope of coverage varies by jurisdiction and court. The official version of the reasons for judgment is the signed original or handwritten endorsement in the court file. If there is a question about the content of a judgment, the original court file takes precedence.

Legislation

Federal

For a complete list of Federal acts and regulations that directly impact First Nations, Inuit, and Métis see:

All Federal Acts and Regulations can be found electronically at:

Treaties

Encyclopedias

Canadian Encyclopedic Digest

Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed. available electronically through Westlaw Canada

Sections relevent to aboriginal law include:

  • Aboriginal law
  • Constitutional law

Halsbury's Laws of Canada

Halsbury’s laws of Canada

This multi-volume set which includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation. It explains the legislation and cases which govern Indigenous law issues in every jurisdiction in Canada.

Titles related to Indigenous law include:

Additional information may be found under other topical headings.

Also available electronically through: LexisAdvance Quicklaw

Journals

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E-Resources

Additional full-text articles are available electronically through:


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